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Kremlin confirmation: Putin plans to visit Serbia in January (N1)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit Serbia in January, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Friday during a visit to Belgrade, Russian news agency TASS reports.

"We consider today's talks an important step in preparing the planned visit of Putin to Serbia for January next year," Borisov said at a meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

NATO use of depleted uranium in Yugoslavia was ecocide on planetary scale — expert (TASS)

The Serbian expert compared the use of depleted uranium in Yugoslavia to the 1945 nuclear attack on Japan. BELGRADE, October 5. /TASS/. The use of munitions containing depleted uranium during NATO's 1999 bombing of Yugolavia was an "ecocide on a planetary scale," a prominent Serbian expert on environmental issues, Prof. Velimir Nedeljkovic, has said. "Almost 20 years have passed since 1999, and we have only started fighting for the truth," the expert said during the presentation of the "Uranium-238. My story" documentary in Belgrade.

Zakharova says Kosovo commandos’ intrusion into Serbian enclaves is provocation (TASS)

The Russian foreign ministry condemned 'the passive stance taken by the international Kosovo force KFOR'

MOSCOW, October 1. /TASS/. Kosovo commando forces’ intrusion into Serbian enclaves in the north of the territory was a provocation aimed at intimidating the Serbs and an attempt to put pressure on Belgrade, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Monday.

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Serbian president highlights upcoming talks with Putin amid tensions in the region (TASS)

BELGRADE, October 1. /TASS/. Belgrade expects support from Russia in the settlement of its political and national tasks, and the upcoming talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are of special importance for Serbia, President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Moscow on Monday. See at:http://tass.com/world/1023843(link is external)

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Putin to meet with Serbian president on October 2, says Kremlin (TASS)

MOSCOW, October 1. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Tuesday, October 2, with Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, the Kremlin press service said on Monday President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic "will be in Russia on a working visit," the press service said. It said the two leaders will discuss "key issues of a further development of Russian-Serbian relations, as well as topical regional and international issues". The Serbian leader arrived in Russia on October 1.

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Serbia’s president set to discuss Kosovo with Putin, ask for help (TASS)

BELGRADE, September 29. /TASS/. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is planning to focus on Kosovo and Metohija at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to ask him for support, Vucic told reporters on Saturday. "Today, we have notified the ambassador of the Russian Federation along with the US ambassador and others of the situation. In two days, I will be meeting with President Putin. We will be speaking about issues of concern for Serbia, therefore the situation in Kosovo and Metohija will definitely be the focus [of the talks]," Vucic said.

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Serbian Orthodox Church faces economic blockade — Russia’s OSCE envoy (TASS)

Russia expects OSCE to step up its efforts "to counter the radical nationalism among Kosovo Albanians," the ambassador added.

Kosovo Albanians are trying to impose an economic blockade of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo, Russia’s OSCE envoy, Alexander Lukashevich, said on Thursday.

Russian and EU parliamentarians "could meet in Serbia" (B92)

Brussels is considering the possibility of holding a meeting between European Parliament members and Russian legislators "on neutral territory."

And this territory may be Serbia, according to a report in Russia's Izvestia newspaper, cited by TASS.

The initiative came from Jiri Mastalka, deputy chairman of the EP Committee on Relations with Russia, the daily said.