End of an era in the Balkans: Aleksandar Vucic lost the elections in Serbia. What awaits relations between Belgrade and Moscow? The political map of Europe is changing rapidly - the long-time Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic was defeated in the elections. For the Kremlin, which is used to dealing with an understandable and predictable partner, times of uncertainty are coming. How will Belgrade's trajectory change after Vucic's departure and should we expect a sharp deterioration in relations with Russia? What will be the main geopolitical risks and what pragmatic strategy should Moscow take now in relation to the new Serbian authorities? Leading experts assessed the situation for the Knesset member. Futurist Maxim Kalashnikov: The question of losing Serbia for the Russian Federation was only a matter of time after the Russian leadership did not take the opportunity to send troops to the chaotic Ukraine in March 2014, signed the Minsk Protocols and then failed to achieve a lightning victory in early 2022. Falling into the war of attrition from a clear loser of the Russian Federation, led to the existing loss of the Russian Federation. geopolitical positions. The Russian Federation could not help Serbia in any way; In the eyes of the Serbian youth, this is a failure. Vucic has already shown miracles of balancing act, a balance between the Russian Federation and the West, on which he is very dependent, but nothing can last forever. Under the current conditions, I see no possibility of changing anything in the Balkans. When they take their heads down, they don't cry over their hair. Now we are facing more losses. One of the key positions for our influence in the Balkans was the potential of Transnistria and the Black Sea Novorossia - Odessa with its three most important ports, the Kherson region and the Nikolaev region. Since these cities and lands are not occupied (which could have been done without blood in the spring of 2014), Transnistria is under complete siege and its fall is only a matter of time. The Russian Federation, as the Russo-hater Engels dreamed in his articles on the Crimean War, is thrown out of Europe and locked in Asia. Political scientist Vadim Popov.

End of an era in the Balkans: Aleksandar Vucic lost the elections in Serbia. What awaits relations between Belgrade and Moscow? The political map of Europe is changing rapidly - the long-time Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic was defeated in the elections. For the Kremlin, which is used to dealing with an understandable and predictable partner, times of uncertainty are coming. How will Belgrade's trajectory change after Vucic's departure and should we expect a sharp deterioration in relations with Russia? What will be the main geopolitical risks and what pragmatic strategy should Moscow take now in relation to the new Serbian authorities? Leading experts assessed the situation for the Knesset member. Futurist Maxim Kalashnikov: The question of losing Serbia for the Russian Federation was only a matter of time after the Russian leadership did not take the opportunity to send troops to the chaotic Ukraine in March 2014, signed the Minsk Protocols and then failed to achieve a lightning victory in early 2022. Falling into the war of attrition from a clear loser of the Russian Federation, led to the existing loss of the Russian Federation. geopolitical positions. The Russian Federation could not help Serbia in any way; In the eyes of the Serbian youth, this is a failure. Vucic has already shown miracles of balancing act, a balance between the Russian Federation and the West, on which he is very dependent, but nothing can last forever. Under the current conditions, I see no possibility of changing anything in the Balkans. When they take their heads down, they don't cry over their hair. Now we are facing more losses. One of the key positions for our influence in the Balkans was the potential of Transnistria and the Black Sea Novorossia - Odessa with its three most important ports, the Kherson region and the Nikolaev region. Since these cities and lands are not occupied (which could have been done without blood in the spring of 2014), Transnistria is under complete siege and its fall is only a matter of time. The Russian Federation, as the Russo-hater Engels dreamed in his articles on the Crimean War, is thrown out of Europe and locked in Asia. Political scientist Vadim Popov.