.... Washington appointed Matthew Palmer as its Special Representative for the Western Balkans. In early November, Palmer held a
meeting
with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić that resulted in the latter giving his consent in principle... ... relations. Despite the active resistance of the right-wing opposition, the Kosovo–Montenegro border demarcation agreement signed back in 2015 was finally
ratified
by... ... talking primarily about agreements among the Balkan states, as well as with Turkey and Russia on building a gas pipeline as part of the TurkStream project, the first stage...
...
Presently, an extremely unstable situation has developed in the Balkans, with a potentially adverse effect both on the Balkan countries ... ... simply has neither resources, nor desire to do it.
RIAC Longread “Russia in the Balkans”: Interests of the Leading Actors, Russia’s ... ... of the Brussels talks, and with the consent of the Albanian and Serbian parties.
3. The third scenario is the “Permanent Balkan ... ... Macedonia, part of Serbia (Bujanovac and Presevo), Ulcinj part of Montenegro;
—
“Great” Serbia
: the Republic of Serbia, the ...
... de-intensification of relations with the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 1990s, Russia in the 2000s began to restore its presence through economic tools, such as investment. The Western Balkans (former Yugoslavia) happened to be one region where this was particularly intense... ... republics of the former Yugoslavia analyzed in this paper can be divided into three groups. Serbia, which has historically enjoyed a “special relationship” with Russia, can undoubtedly be called a
traditional Russian partner
. Montenegro can be placed in the same category, but with certain reservations. The nature...
