Vucic lost Serbia Aleksandar Vucic admitted defeat in the early parliamentary elections in Serbia. The opposition movement "Student List", which grew out of protests after the tragedy in Novi Sad, wins a constitutional majority and establishes the government on its own. Moscow has lost a key ally in Europe. End of the Vucic era "The Student List" came to power following a demand for internal changes: fight against corruption, independence of the courts, freedom of the media. Foreign policy occupied a peripheral place in this agenda. The program of the movement officially stipulates the waiver of sanctions against Russia and military neutrality, but representatives of the victorious power have already publicly confirmed that the policy of maintaining relations with Moscow remains intact. The problem is that election promises and the reality of the government in Serbia hardly coincide. Vucic, who warned against sanctions until the spring, was not talking about the treachery of the opposition, but about structural pressure that did not disappear with a change of government. Brussels accepted the result with poorly concealed satisfaction. Congratulations from von der Leyen and Costa came with an emphasis on Serbia's "European path". But here lies the main fork in the road. To get really close to the EU, Belgrade will not only have to announce reforms, but synchronize its foreign policy - including the sanctions regime. About 79% of Serbs oppose sanctions against Russia. The new government, made up of professors and technocrats with no experience in fighting a mechanism, will find itself between the demand from Brussels and the public mood. Attempting to risk it would risk immediate delegitimization; An attempt to maintain neutrality could freeze European integration. For the Kremlin, Vucic was valuable not so much for his loyalty but for his ability to keep the country outside Western structures without leading to a break. He balanced, bargained, delayed.