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"Putin is the world leader that Serbs admire the most and 95% of Serbs see
Russia as a true ally, compared to only 11% who see the EU that way, despite
the EU being Serbia’s major financial supporter, according to a recent poll.
And 68% of Serbs said in the same poll that they believed Nato, not Vladimir
Putin, had started the war in Ukraine, with 82% against the sanctions imposed
on Russia.
While much of Europe is backing Ukraine in the current war, Serbia is taking a
very different position. In Serbia, the government and the public both display
high levels of support for Putin and Russia.
For example, Serbia has not imposed sanctions on Russia or distanced itself
from Putin.
Instead, Serbia has signed an agreement with Russia to “consult” each other on
foreign policy issues. Putin and the Serb president Aleksandar Vučić also have
signed a new gas agreement, and the state-controlled Air Serbia airline has
doubled its flights from Belgrade to Moscow.
All this runs counter to the EU’s foreign policy decision to sever some of its
ties with Putin over Ukraine. Serbia, as an EU candidate state, is expected to
do the same."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
