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THE WESTERN BALKANS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN

11 Apr 2022

CONTINUOUS DESTABILIZATION: RUSSIA’S STRATEGY AND PARTNERS IN THE BALKANS As the first parallel between the crisis in the Balkans and the crisis in Ukraine, we mention Russia’s strategic interest in not permitting any of these regions to achieve long-term stability in the form of democratization and the liberalization of the society and eco- nomy. [...] THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH OF SERBIA IN THE RUSSIFICATION OF THE SERBIAN NARRATIVE Another parallel between Eastern Europe and the Caucasus on the one hand, and the Balkans on the other, is the manipulation of interethnic disputes and frozen conflicts as a means of con- ducting foreign policy by both Moscow and Belgrade. [...] in the Russification of narratives and identities for patriotic populations in Serbia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and part of BiH) is played by the Church of Serbia - which is the most similar and the closest to the Moscow Patriarchate in terms of REFLECTIONS ON THE WESTERN BALKANS AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 15 THE WESTERN BALKANS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE political activity, ideological coordina. [...] SERBIA AS A KEY RUSSIAN PLATFORM: “SERBIAN WORLD” AS A CARBON COPY OF “RUSSIAN WORLD” The third parallel between the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Balkans lies in the threat of military escalation and arms accumulation by Russia in Ukraine and Serbia in the Balkans, and in the intensive military-technical and military-security cooperation between Belgrade and Moscow. [...] REFLECTIONS ON THE WESTERN BALKANS AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 17 THE WESTERN BALKANS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE In fact Russia has - through cooperation in the field of defense and security, energy and eco- nomy, joint intelligence and hybrid operations in the Balkans, the integration of the “Serbian wor- ld” and the “Open Balkans” initiatives into the “Russian world” (essentially a sphere of influenc.
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24
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Bosnia and Herzegovina