Belgrade’s vaccine bet on China
Yulia Petrovskaya on how Russia is losing the battle to vaccinate Serbia to China
Balkans
Russia’s Covid Diplomacy in Bosnia
Julia Petrovskaya investigates why and how Russia is upping the diplomatic tempo in Bosnia
Moscow’s fight against the “enemies of Orthodoxy” in the Balkans
With the help of local friends and pro-Kremlin media, the Russian Orthodox Church has launched a propaganda campaign in the Balkans, writes Julia Petrovskaya
Moscow is wary of Belgrade’s Balkan Balancing Act
Serbia is attempting to set out some red lines in its relations with Russia. But can it still do so while maintaining its uneasy balance between great powers, asks Yulia Petrovskaya
Russia’s high stakes, low risk meddling in the Balkans
Recent endeavours in the Balkans haven’t gone as the Kremlin would have hoped. But that doesn’t mean Moscow will abandon its ambitious goals for the region, writes Yulia Petrovskaya
Hungary and Russia in the (post) Putin Era
Modern Hungarian-Russian relations can be neatly summed up by the phrase “in the right place, at the right time”
Russia and the West in a Balkan Deadlock
The Balkans remains a site of confrontation between Russia and the West — here’s why it will stay that way for the foreseeable future