... trends that had been predicted did come true.
In the regard, the return of former members of the Islamic State (IS, banned in the Russian Federation) terrorist group to their countries of residence, in particular to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and the unrecognized Republic of Kosovo
appears
to be a principal problem today. This already ... ... also had a serious impact on destabilization tendencies in the region. In 2018–2019, a wave of mass rallies
rolled through
Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo. The protesters demanded the resignation of their respective governments and presidents and independence ...
... 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 ... ...
“Great” Croatia
: Republic of Croatia, the third “entitet” in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herceg Bosna (Herzeg-Bosnia));
—
Montenegro
...
... the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 1990s, Russia in the 2000s began to restore its presence through economic ... ... Yugoslavia analyzed in this paper can be divided into three groups. Serbia, which has historically enjoyed a “special relationship” ... ... Russia, can undoubtedly be called a
traditional Russian partner
. Montenegro can be placed in the same category, but with certain ... ... Western-oriented; and a number of large investment projects have failed.
Bosnia and Herzegovina may be called
prospective partners
, especially ...