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Presently, an extremely unstable situation has developed in the Balkans, with a potentially adverse effect both on the Balkan countries ... ... representatives of Russia, the US, Great Britain, Turkey, France, Italy, Slovenia and Germany as international observers, with mediation ... ... of the Brussels talks, and with the consent of the Albanian and Serbian parties.
3. The third scenario is the “Permanent Balkan ... ... namely, “great” Albania, “great” Serbia, and “great” Croatia. This scenario would mean the following territorial exchange:
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... turned into a government-in-exile, and the civil administrations of occupied Serbia and Slovenia, whose leaders chose collaboration as the only way to alleviate the situation for the people. The Ustaše-ruled Independent State of Croatia is well known
[2]
. There was also Draža Mihailović’s Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement (the Ravna Gora Movement) and the international... ... win tactical advantages in the given area
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There was no clear frontline in the Balkans during World War II, and no sense of who was right and who was wrong in the...
... 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... ... establishment’s favorable attitude. Russian companies also have major business interests there.
Slovenia and Croatia can be viewed as
potential partners
. Although Russian projects have not yet...
