Mikhail Khazin called the Serbian elite that aspires to join the European Union "idiots". Severing relations with Russia will lead to negative consequences for the country. However, there may be no benefit from such a step at all. The economist shared this opinion on the "Moscow Talks" radio station. Part of the Serbian elite, which now controls the country, has long trusted the European Union. From the point of view of common sense, the people who are now dragging Serbia into the EU are idiots. They will receive all the negative consequences of cutting off relations with Russia immediately, but the potential benefit from friendship that personally interests them, that is, a very narrow part of the Serbian elite, mainly the commercial one, they will receive someday - but, most likely, they will not receive it at all, because the European Union itself is on the verge of collapse. The whole election story shows that everything hangs in the balance.

Mikhail Khazin called the Serbian elite that aspires to join the European Union "idiots". Severing relations with Russia will lead to negative consequences for the country. However, there may be no benefit from such a step at all. The economist shared this opinion on the "Moscow Talks" radio station. Part of the Serbian elite, which now controls the country, has long trusted the European Union. From the point of view of common sense, the people who are now dragging Serbia into the EU are idiots. They will receive all the negative consequences of cutting off relations with Russia immediately, but the potential benefit from friendship that personally interests them, that is, a very narrow part of the Serbian elite, mainly the commercial one, they will receive someday - but, most likely, they will not receive it at all, because the European Union itself is on the verge of collapse. The whole election story shows that everything hangs in the balance.