Analyst Cvijetin Milivojevic told BETA news agency Russia did not change its stance on Kosovo, although an image is being created that Moscow supports an idea on delineation. “It absolutely has no connection with the official Russian politics, that remains unchanged and Russia does not support independence of Kosovo,” Milivojevic noted. “The new occurrence, however, is that some circles within the Serbian authorities are in fact lobbying among the part of the Russian administration in order for Russia to soften its stance.

President Aleksandar Vucic believes Vladimir Putin's visit to Serbia will be the most fruitful to date in terms of the number and content of agreement which he will sign. Vucic also thanked the Russian Federation and its president for the support they give to the territorial integrity of Serbia and its efforts to find a compromise solution for Kosovo and Metohija. In his conversation with the Ambassador of Russia Aleksandr Chepurin in Belgrade on Wednesday, the President said that "we are extremely pleased with the talks with the Vice-President of the Russian Government, Yuri Borisov, on the

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a brief talk with the president of provisional institutions in Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, Sputnik portal reports referring to the statements of Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said that Putin pointed out to Thaci Pristina should reach consensus with Belgrade, adding that Russia would support joint decision of Belgrade and Pristina. “It was not a classic meeting. It was a talk on the margins of the event.

British journalist Tim Judah thinks that Russia would have major benefits if the result of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations would be recognition of Kosovo and exchange of territories, BETA news agency reports today. “Russia could use such precedent in an attempt to achieve similar agreements for secessionist territories which are under its control in Moldova (Pridnestrovie) and Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia),” Judah said. Commenting on Putin-Thaci meeting in Paris during the ceremony to mark the 100^th anniversary since the end of the WWI, Judah said that “Putin used Kosovo

"We are not thrilled with every photo - but everyone has their own policies and positions, just as Serbia does." This is what President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday regarding the photos Kosovo President Hashim Thaci posted the day before of himself with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, B92 reports. "Thaci is free to chase Putin as much as he likes, but he will not get the support for anything that Serbia disagrees with," the president said during a press conference, and added that "at

Vladimir Putin said that Crimea is not Russian because the Russians came and "grabbed something." Instead it is Russian "because the population only through a referendum asked to be received in Russia," he said. "Crimea is ours... Why is it ours? Not because we came and grabbed something," Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai debating club. "Democracy rules here. What is democracy?" It is the power of the people. How is it checked? Through referendums, elections, and so on.

President Vladimir Putin’s visit, at the invitation of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in January next year, is a great honor for Serbia. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic assessed this in Tuesday's meeting with Ambassador of Russia to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin, held in Belgrade. Brnabic said that this would be an exceptional opportunity for the cooperation of our countries to consolidate and confirm the traditional friendship of the two peoples, stressing that it is expected that several agreements will be signed that will more closely regulate certain areas of bilateral cooperation. Ambassad

"We got everything we looked for," President Aleksandar Vucic said after his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Vucic stressed that they agreed on "every topic of discussion." "We got everything that we looked for.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet today in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will on Monday in Belgrade meet with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin. According to Tanjug, Vucic will on October 2 in Moscow meet with the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Chepurin earlier wrote on Twitter that the meeting will be held in early October, and that the two leaders are expected to discuss "key bilateral and regional issues." The presidents of Serbia and Russia met in Moscow in May when they discussed Kosovo and Metohija, the purchase of Russian military equipment for Serbia, and bilateral relations between the two cou