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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is the only European leader to have refused to impose sanctions against Russia and, at the same time, to have voted for the UN resolution “deploring Russian aggression against Ukraine”.
A special relationship. In Europe, Belgrade is one of the only open crossing points between Russia and the West. Serbia has not imposed sanctions on the Kremlin, so the majority state-owned airline Air Serbia can still land and take off its planes in Moscow. Its capital has therefore become, along with Istanbul and Antalya, an essential stopover to join or leave Russia from Europe. “Given the situation, the number of Air Serbia flights to Russia has increased, there will be three [vendredi]», says an airport agent. A month ago, the company only chartered one per day, more rarely two.
Serbia is distinguished by its position vis-à-vis the war in Ukraine. Populist National President Aleksandar Vucic is the only one in Europe who has refused to adopt sanctions against Russia – apart from Belarus. At the same time, he spoke out against the territorial violation of Ukraine. The country even voted for the UN resolution condemning “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”, Wednesday. The Serbian representative justified his support by the absence of lies…