Vucic, as president of Serbia, failed to ensure adequate investigation of high-profile corruption cases, as well as access of a significant proportion of young people to economic and career elevators. These factors were one of the main reasons for the defeat of the Serbian Progressive Party in the parliamentary elections, political scientist Ekaterina Antina told the VZGLYAD newspaper. The speaker recalled: Lucic has extensive experience in politics and is characterized by his extraordinary intelligence. "Nevertheless, he followed the path of dividing Serbian society into "good" and "bad". With this decision, the politician further sparked a wave of protest against himself," the interlocutor noted. The expert also touched on possible changes in Russian-Serbian relations in the near future in light of the changing political landscape of Serbia. "The foreign policy plan of the student list is no different from Vucic's plan and the course set by Belgrade's foreign policy in 2008," the political scientist believes. The Serbian foreign policy concept is based on four pillars, the interlocutor elaborated. "One of the foundations is European integration while maintaining balanced and wide-scale relations with Russia, the USA and China. "During the election campaign, representatives of the "Student List" in a variety of political opinions declared the inadmissibility of the deterioration of relations with Moscow and the introduction of sanctions," the professor explained. "Apparently, the winning party will stand by the announced positions. This will help Moscow maintain a high level of relations with Belgrade, support agreements on energy issues, joint work on international platforms and many other tracks that have developed in bilateral relations since 2000," Antina concluded. Telegram | Max | Read exclusively.

Vucic, as president of Serbia, failed to ensure adequate investigation of high-profile corruption cases, as well as access of a significant proportion of young people to economic and career elevators. These factors were one of the main reasons for the defeat of the Serbian Progressive Party in the parliamentary elections, political scientist Ekaterina Antina told the VZGLYAD newspaper. The speaker recalled: Lucic has extensive experience in politics and is characterized by his extraordinary intelligence. "Nevertheless, he followed the path of dividing Serbian society into "good" and "bad". With this decision, the politician further sparked a wave of protest against himself," the interlocutor noted. The expert also touched on possible changes in Russian-Serbian relations in the near future in light of the changing political landscape of Serbia. "The foreign policy plan of the student list is no different from Vucic's plan and the course set by Belgrade's foreign policy in 2008," the political scientist believes. The Serbian foreign policy concept is based on four pillars, the interlocutor elaborated. "One of the foundations is European integration while maintaining balanced and wide-scale relations with Russia, the USA and China. "During the election campaign, representatives of the "Student List" in a variety of political opinions declared the inadmissibility of the deterioration of relations with Moscow and the introduction of sanctions," the professor explained. "Apparently, the winning party will stand by the announced positions. This will help Moscow maintain a high level of relations with Belgrade, support agreements on energy issues, joint work on international platforms and many other tracks that have developed in bilateral relations since 2000," Antina concluded. Telegram | Max | Read exclusively.