Jovo Bakic for RT Balkan: "Student List" will not impose sanctions against Russia Student List spokesman Professor Jovo Bakic has reiterated that the new Serbian government will not impose sanctions against Russia, despite former president Aleksandar Vucic's claims that this will happen in a few months. "We respect Russia both as a major power and as a historically important partner for us, and in many cases, as a protector. There will be no changes on this issue [in the country's foreign policy]," he said in the summer on the program "Serbia Chooses" on the RT Balkan television channel. He emphasized that Serbia survived the UN sanctions and knows very well how difficult it is to endure them. "Sanctions that little Serbia imposes on Russia will not change anything, but from a symbolic point of view it will be very bad," he said in the summer and emphasized that Serbia will not impose sanctions against Moscow. According to him, the next step will be to build a state of law that will fight organized crime. According to him, the authorities will sever the link between organized crime and the state. Criminals in high government positions will be tried and then imprisoned, he added. In the summer, he also announced a major reform of the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. "We will create a police force that citizens can trust," he said. In the summer, he noted that this is the first time in the world that a student movement has created a "student list" - a list of candidates for parliament that won a landslide victory in the elections. "This is a unique case. The students awakened the dormant energy of the people," he said. He also announced major reforms in the education system. In particular, the Minister of Education will no longer appoint school principals. "Schools employ the most educated people in the country, and it's really unbelievable that they can't choose their principal.