The Serbian Minister of Economy called for the imposition of sanctions against Russia

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The Serbian Minister of Economy called for the imposition of sanctions against Russia

Attention was drawn to the statement of an official of the Serbian government. This is Serbian Minister of Economy Rade Bašta, who posted a note on one of the social networks.

According to Bashta, "Serbia pays too high a price for the abandonment of anti-Russian sanctions."



The Serbian Minister of Economy said that he supports President Vučić and fully trusts his policies, but at the same time advocates the imposition of sanctions against Russia.

I would like to think that these are translation difficulties or that “the words are taken out of context”, that this is a “hacking” of the page of a Serbian official, but so far everything is as it is. The Serbian Minister of Economy called on other members of the government to "discuss this issue" and added again:

There is a lot of pressure on the president, and we are silent. Therefore, I am for sanctions.

The information is confirmed by the Serbian media.

Rada Baste, who took office last fall, was answered by representatives of the United Serbia party, of which he is a member. The party said that this statement is unacceptable because Serbia stands for peace between Russia and Ukraine. The leader of the party, which is part of the government coalition together with the Progressive Party of Serbia (its head is Aleksandar Vučić), Dragan Marković:

It is necessary not to think about sanctions, but about peace. Sanctions will not end the war. It is necessary to promote the beginning of the negotiation process between Kiev and Moscow.
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    1. +20
      13 March 2023 21: 19
      The Serbian government caved in, but it was only a matter of time.
      1. +13
        13 March 2023 21: 23
        Serbian government collapsed

        I want to have a rich euro pension for Mr. Minister
      2. +26
        13 March 2023 21: 38
        Yes, that's not the point! Serbia is alone surrounded by super aggressive blocs and countries! And very successful economically. Do we ourselves somehow help them maintain their own independence in the same economy? Yes, we do absolutely nothing for this.
        And I will not tire of repeating - only the capitulation of Ukraine will create a real player of a geopolitical scale from Russia. Now this status rests only on the legacy of the USSR - the nuclear triad. After the victory, this status will be given to us according to the merits of modern Russia.
        And until that moment, we ourselves do not have the moral right to make claims against Serbia. They are really just trying to survive, resisting, without our help, the most powerful economic, political and value domination of the West. And do not forget that we did not help them defend Yugoslavia, and now it is not the most powerful country in Europe, but just a small republic surrounded by enemies.
        Therefore, we must ask ourselves all questions first of all.
        1. +12
          13 March 2023 22: 06
          Quote: Quote Lavrov
          . And do not forget that we did not help them defend Yugoslavia, and now it is not the most powerful country in Europe, but just a small republic surrounded by enemies.
          .
          But the Serbs themselves did not try in 1992-95 to save the Serbian Krajina, to help the Serbs living in Bosnia ... ?? - or, as always, Russia is "obliged" to save "the most powerful country in Europe"
          Let me remind you - volunteers came from Russia during the war in Bosnia, and the government of the then "Yugoslavia" (Serbia), what they did to support the Serbs in Bosnia - the Dayton agreements ...
          Maybe "brotherly" Serbia recognizes Crimea, Donbass, New Russia (Kherson, Zaporozhye ...) as part of Russia - after all, Russia recognizes Kosovo as part of Serbia ...
          Serbs pumped Yugoslavia - and Russia is to blame ... ???
          sad
          1. +3
            13 March 2023 22: 45
            You are partly right, but it was necessary to buy everything and everyone in Montenegro, and since Serbia was strategically lost, liberal politics never led to anything good in Russia. And now it's too late and that's a fact!
          2. +2
            13 March 2023 23: 36
            Quote: cat Rusich
            And the Serbs themselves did not try in 1992-95 to save the Serbian Krajina, to help the Serbs living in Bosnia ... ?? - or, as always, Russia is "obliged" to save the "most powerful country in Europe"
            Let me remind you - volunteers came from Russia during the war in Bosnia, and the government of the then "Yugoslavia" (Serbia), what they did to support the Serbs in Bosnia - the Dayton agreements ...
            Maybe "brotherly" Serbia recognizes Crimea, Donbass, New Russia (Kherson, Zaporozhye ...) as part of Russia - after all, Russia recognizes Kosovo as part of Serbia ...
            Serbs pumped Yugoslavia - and Russia is to blame ... ???

            Seriously? Volunteers? Volunteers were supposed to repel coalition air raids? slingshots? stones? how to get ships in mediterranean? The government of Yugoslavia then asked for the S-300 to close the sky - did they give it? No, they cowardly put it in my pants and swallowed it. Yugoslavia was bombed by everyone - the USA, the Britons, the Germans, the French and other riffraff, what could the government of Yugoslavia do then against such a colossus? And now Serbia is holding out alone against the whole of Europe, and holding on well, its government should first of all take care of its citizens, and not about supporting the country that abandoned it, but the Serbs nevertheless did not hold a grudge, and now help from Russia for their support she doesn't get. So what are the Serbs to do? Russia now has the last chance to force itself to be reckoned with if it transfers the entire West to Ukraine and does it its own way without any negotiations. Only statement before the fact. It will either be like this or not at all. On the part of Europe, there are statements only about a forceful decision. And any negotiations is a loss. The desired results will be achieved, then it will be possible to shut up the mouths of those who are turned against Russia's allies.
          3. +2
            14 March 2023 03: 33
            Vučić promised to imprison volunteers fighting on the Russian side, but there are no Serbs who are fighting for the Ukrainians.
          4. +1
            14 March 2023 07: 49
            1. Is the older brother obliged to protect the younger? Well, if you proceed from your paradigm, then every man is for himself, which means that Serbia does not owe us anything at all.
            2. A country torn apart artificially from the inside was supposed to win the war against NATO ?? By the way, to remind you that we also allowed to close the airspace on the UN over it and introduce NATO air force patrols? Forgot it? And I do remember...
            3. You don’t need to talk about the recognition of Crimea - when our savings bank recognizes these territories, like ALL Russian companies, then Serbia can also be asked questions. And then when the Sberbank recognized the Crimea and opened branches there? Or are they in Donetsk now? So what then do we have the right to expect from Serbia what our own SES companies are afraid of
            1. +1
              14 March 2023 13: 29
              And Serbia is our brother? I remember during the time of Tito, these Serbs condescendingly looked at us. Would you like to be friends with the West? We became friends.
              1. 0
                15 March 2023 17: 09
                During the time of Tito, there was no Serbia as an independent state, Tito himself was a Croat and pursued an anti-Serb policy.
                1. 0
                  4 December 2023 04: 21
                  Well, let's not lie. Serbia was under the Yugoslav sauce, and Russia was under the Union. And what was Tito’s anti-Serbian policy expressed in? In admiration of the West? And now many Serbs adhere to it.
            2. 0
              14 March 2023 18: 57
              How many times has Serbia harnessed itself to Russia? Zero. And how many times did the Russians harness themselves for the Serbs? Constantly.
              1. 0
                15 March 2023 17: 15
                In 41, an anti-German, in fact, coup took place in Yugoslavia. This was largely facilitated by the Anglo-Americans, who promised Yugoslavia help in repelling the German invasion. But people took to the streets with pro-Russian and pro-Soviet slogans. Hitler was furious, and soon the invasion began. Which led to unthinkable victims of the peoples of Yugoslavia, in the first place, the Serbs. Yugoslavia was occupied, but already in the summer of 41, a partisan struggle against the invaders began, which lasted the entire war and drew off the German forces. In addition, Simovich's coup of 41 delayed the start of the German attack on the USSR.
        2. -5
          13 March 2023 23: 25
          To win, you need steel balls, but the Alaska do not seem to have them !!! What is easier to get ready and carry out a general mobilization (taking into account all the mistakes) and crush the nits to the very border with Poland !!! Only unconditional surrender!!! Instead, it looks like Minsk 3 and Khasavyurt are brewing!!!
          1. 0
            14 March 2023 20: 49
            You are more careful there with the Internet in the trenches - they can find direction.
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        4. 0
          14 March 2023 03: 44
          Please explain why we had to help them defend Yugoslavia? The country has always pursued an independent policy, it was not included in the police department, they did not care about the USSR. They remembered about Russia when NATO took them by the ass and for some reason Russia had to help them, being itself on the threshold between life and death. Today they are just ready to betray us!
        5. 0
          14 March 2023 06: 56
          .
          And do not forget that we did not help them defend Yugoslavia and now

          and at least someone saved Russia? Or should only Russians lay down their lives for others? How many millions did we lose our people freeing Europe from Hitler, and where is the gratitude from these countries and peoples? The same thing happened with Napoleon. and even in the defeat of Russia in the First World War, at least someone said something to us in gratitude for the millions of lives laid down, NO, they all came up to us with the ANTENTA to share our territory, how many dozens of 2-3 countries there were with their intervention in 1918-1919. A? If Russia doesn’t quickly get rid of the rest of the Slavs in one form or another, and let the Serbs endure and wait, if they don’t betray, I think the profits will eventually be received
      3. +5
        14 March 2023 00: 36
        Quote from: General_Hammel1
        The Serbian government caved in, but it was only a matter of time.

        recourse
        Pot calls the kettle black"

        May 1992 Russia voted in favor of a Security Council resolution imposing "hard and immediate" sanctions against Yugoslavia.
        Another anti-Serb roll was timed to coincide with the meeting between Clinton and Yeltsin in Vancouver (early April 1993). The draft decision of the Security Council concerned the introduction of additional, this time financial sanctions against the FRY. On April 18, the Security Council passed a resolution on toughening sanctions against Belgrade. Gift for Easter to Orthodox Serbs. It turns out that all night Kozyrev and Vorontsov were in contact. At five in the morning, Vorontsov was instructed to abstain, not to veto.
        03.04.1998
        The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on Yugoslavia in an attempt to push Belgrade to start a dialogue with the Kosovo Albanians. Russia, which has long defended Yugoslavia from new sanctions, for the first time agreed with the need for them.

        Belgrade reacted extremely painfully to the UN Security Council resolution, regarding it as "unprecedented interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state." It looks like Milosevic is also dissatisfied with Russia: the Yugoslav president asked Moscow to veto the resolution, but Moscow considered it inappropriate to oppose the whole world. The introduction of the embargo was supported by all members of the Security Council, except for China, which, as usual, abstained from voting.

        However, the Western partners were afraid of the Russian veto. On the eve of the discussion of the resolution, the London Financial Times reported that in December last year, a contract was signed between Moscow and Belgrade for the supply of Russian tanks, missiles, helicopters and fighter jets for $1,5 billion. And in order not to lose this money, Moscow, they say, will veto embargo.
        During the visit of Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic to Moscow on December 2-4, the military accompanying him did express interest in acquiring Russian weapons. But Rosvooruzhenie was not inspired by the proposal to supply weapons to pay off Russia's debt to the former Yugoslavia.

        The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the resolution should be a serious signal to Milosevic and encourage him to really tackle the Kosovo problem.
        ...
        24 March 1999 year the bombing of Serbia began. As a result of this, as it was called in the West, "humanitarian intervention", according to the Serbs, about five and a half thousand people died.
        PySy.
        beginning, 90s
        Franjo Tudjman and Boris Yeltsin

        Bosnian Serbs left the places retreating to Muslims and Croats, burning houses and digging up graves. On November 12, Milosevic made a final concession to Tudjman by handing over Eastern Slavonia to Croatia. Croatia has become the most "ethnically pure" of the republics of the former Yugoslavia.
        On November 28, 2022, the Croatian edition of Vecernji list made a real sensation. One Marin Tomulić, a Croatian living in Paris, urged Croatia not to forget that Russia was its friend and ally during the days of the civil war, and therefore does not deserve to have sanctions imposed and extended against it.
        1. +1
          14 March 2023 06: 44
          It's wild, of course, to read this, to remember. If you think about one nation, that Serbs, that Croats, that Bosnians. Orthodox, Catholics and Muslims. Only religious affiliation (at that time they were not so strongly religious), different alphabets.
          1. -1
            14 March 2023 08: 54
            The details are even wilder.

            A few years and there is no Yugoslavia, and the Serbs without access to the sea.
            Sacrificial Offering
            Russians then played the role of camillus
    2. +23
      13 March 2023 21: 22
      There are officials with different views not only in Serbia, but also in Russia. This one just voiced his thoughts out loud. But there are those who are silent (they are afraid to be excommunicated from the feeder) but think in the same vein.
      1. +4
        14 March 2023 00: 53
        An ordinary citizen in the kitchen, or a minister with the prefix ex hi ... now I read that this character was advised in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia to resist outside pressure! That is, filter the market bully
    3. B44
      -7
      13 March 2023 21: 29
      Cool friends, now that they're on the normal side. Probably grandfather called from across the ocean.
    4. +2
      13 March 2023 21: 31
      The Serbian Minister of Economy called for the imposition of sanctions against Russia
      . He cares about the people, about the state ... no matter how, he aimed clearly where, higher and even higher! There are always and everywhere such, corrupt little souls, a man of the world, preferably a Western one.
      In general, everything is clear to them ... thirty pieces of silver cost them., For a bunch and nothing more.
      1. +2
        13 March 2023 23: 33
        And if you stand up and look from the side of Serbia at everything that happens. The Serbs are surrounded on all sides by NATO countries, the Serbs held out to the last. But what will be the reaction of the Serbs if Russia cannot defend itself, and here you can’t save Serbia and help them, except in the case of a mess. So they are looking for where to stumble, so that there is somewhere to hide in the event of a big mess and not fall under the distribution. Therefore, they show loyalty to the West.
        1. -1
          14 March 2023 00: 40
          What choice ... to stand on your backs, in front of ... whoever you want or ... in another way.
          Their choice, they choose their leaders, and they lead them.
    5. +3
      13 March 2023 21: 36
      I remembered Muller from Seventeen Moments of Spring, he also wanted to retire on a quiet bank near a small lake in the mountains am In short: whore!
      1. +1
        14 March 2023 06: 45
        Apparently the Gestapo Mueller spent his pension. Perhaps even walking along the lake with Bormann
    6. +4
      13 March 2023 21: 36
      He forgot to write in response that he asks Russia to impose retaliatory sanctions against them and never help in his life again! Unless, of course, it's the stuffing of enemies!
    7. +1
      13 March 2023 21: 39
      Beautifully answered the minister! Briefly and clearly. "Go to work, it's good to grind with your tongue!"
    8. 0
      13 March 2023 21: 44
      Well, what can I say, it’s expected, they sold their own, and even more so they will sell us
      1. -2
        13 March 2023 23: 37
        Well, better than the new Gavrilo Princip ... and the next World War.
    9. +9
      13 March 2023 21: 45
      Well, expected and not condemned. We still don’t trade much with Serbia, so if these sanctions are introduced, they will be parallel to us and to the Serbs. And it won’t hurt to demonstrate loyalty to the States in their position - NATO countries are all around. Let be. They have a right. Each country determines its own policy. And is responsible for its consequences.
    10. +2
      13 March 2023 21: 49
      There is a lot of pressure on the president, and we are silent. Therefore, I am for sanctions.


      Hold your pants tight, otherwise you'll be bare-assed...
    11. +5
      13 March 2023 21: 54
      You might think that Serbia had options. Well, except for suicide.
    12. +3
      13 March 2023 22: 05
      It is not clear why they suddenly started talking about it? Not only the Minister of Economy, but also the head of government are calling for sanctions. And a cloud of other persons, including official ones. The trend is absolutely clear, Serbia headed for the EU and NATO more than two decades ago. Only the blind could not see it.
      1. 0
        13 March 2023 22: 24
        Quote: Kasatik
        Serbia took a course towards the EU and NATO more than two decades ago.

        ~"One extra straw can break a camel's back." (WITH)
    13. +1
      13 March 2023 22: 13
      And what to expect from our South Slavic "brothers"? They are not capable of a successful confrontation with NATO - they have neither the strength nor the means. Hoping for help from the Russian Federation, with which they have no direct borders, is obviously unfounded. To be in a blockade is to destroy yourself. There are not so many options left: either, as long as possible, pull the diplomatic “rubber”, imitating the readiness to dance to the tune of the EU and NATO (in fact, maneuvering and avoiding fatal decisions), or openly and unconditionally take the side of the enemies of the Russian Federation and turn into her enemy. It is possible, of course, to act heroically in defense of Russia, but what this will lead to - one can quite confidently assume a far from the most favorable option for the independence of Serbia. However, independence, as such, this Balkan country has left with a "gulkin's nose." And if she follows the calls of Rade Basht, then she will become even less.
    14. -1
      13 March 2023 22: 14
      Let them figure out what they will buy gas after that.
    15. 0
      13 March 2023 22: 16
      Well, 404 at one time caved in now with a full spoon hawala. As a result, it will be like in the saying there is no country and there is no problem.
    16. +4
      13 March 2023 22: 17
      "And you, Brutus!" ... But the Russian Empire "lay down with bones" for the sake of protecting Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century! In the 40s of the last century, Stalin allowed the "Yugoslavs" to restore "after the Germans" their state, which they "profaned" by the 90s! It was rightly said that Russia can have neither friends nor allies, because it frightens everyone with its size, strength, independence, originality and unwillingness to part with originality for the sake of "Western civilization"! Russia's only allies are its army and navy ! It is a pity that the post-Soviet ruling regimes willingly forgot about this!
    17. +5
      13 March 2023 22: 25
      Unfortunately, we can offer Serbia nothing but friendship. As they say - loot wins good. They kept it up until the very end.
    18. +6
      13 March 2023 22: 26
      After Russia demonstrated its power during the year of the NWO, it is quite natural that the situation with the allies of the Russian Federation is getting worse. Next in line is Armenia (however, I would assess the situation there as a woman with a cart ...), and in Belarus there are great chances for the revival of "multi-vectorism", with a progressive decrease in the significance of the eastern vector. Everyone wants to be friends with the strong, the rich, the successful.
    19. -2
      13 March 2023 22: 28
      It's a pity, but on the other hand, these are the consequences of our actions - we betrayed them in the 90s.
    20. +3
      13 March 2023 22: 30
      Given Serbia's geographic location, Vučić does his best, but nothing lasts forever. It would not be correct to blame the Serbian political leadership for betraying the interests of the Russian Federation, given the average sentiment in the European political community and civil society of the EU countries. But still, it is worth paying tribute to the stability of the political course of Serbia and the support of the NWO by the Serbian population, despite the pressure exerted on official Belgrade by the luminaries of the European Union, led by the United States.
    21. +5
      13 March 2023 22: 31
      Serbian President Vučić:
      I must admit that I was wrong in my predictions, saying earlier that the Russian army would defend Kherson with all its might. I thought that there they would put up a strong resistance. So, after the shameful regroupings and gestures of goodwill, it became clear to the Serbs that if the Kremlin was not worth hoping for, since it was abandoning its own people, it would definitely not help them, so Europe had to go to meet them.
    22. +8
      13 March 2023 22: 33
      when a colt is at the temple of a person, and you will not hear such calls.
    23. +1
      13 March 2023 22: 34
      After the possible support of the sanctions, the recognition of the territories will follow. Unleash Serbia to the fullest.
    24. -1
      13 March 2023 22: 58
      Cut off gas supplies to Serbia, since it is against Russia and stop any contacts.
    25. 0
      13 March 2023 23: 05
      Basta is ordinary, prozapanyak !!!
      In this regard, Serbia has imposed sanctions against itself!!!
    26. +1
      13 March 2023 23: 37
      This is a trial balloon. Probing public opinion. If there is no strong resistance within the government (and within the country), they will speak bolder. Discuss. And eventually get down to business.
    27. +1
      13 March 2023 23: 37
      I think that if the Serbian population were considered an option, Serbia as an enclave of Russia in the Balkans (and I think that 80% would be in favor), then many questions would be removed ... the hitch would be in the elites, ours and local ... however ,As always.
    28. -3
      13 March 2023 23: 49
      Quote: Codett
      After the shameful regroupings and gestures of goodwill, it became clear to the Serbs that what happened, you shouldn’t rely on the Kremlin, since he’s abandoning his own, he definitely won’t help them,

      Where did Vucic say that?
      Source in the studio!
      You should not believe the first "hot" stuffing that comes across.
      A phrase taken out of context, plus someone's muddy speculation
      Here is the full text of his speech (Google translation):

      - I can talk about what it means to us, I can't talk about their relationship. Obviously, there are some conversations that neither the Americans nor the Russians deny. It's good to have conversations. Some solution will be found when there are some negotiations. I didn't believe it was possible. I'm glad it's possible and that my judgment on the matter was wrong. I thought that the Russians would put up more fierce resistance in the Kherson area, I was obviously wrong, Vucic said and added:
      - It shows us how much we have to create and take care of our future. We must take care of ourselves if we are to protect our military neutrality. It is clear to all of us how difficult our position is.
      When asked whether there will be additional pressure now, Vučić says: “Now they can tell us: “Look how the Russians did it, and how you, little Serbs, will live.” They can always pull it out of the box. But well, we know how to behave. We've learned some lessons and we'll take care of ourselves militarily too, maintaining our military neutrality"
      (C)
    29. 0
      14 March 2023 00: 11
      Serbian Economy Minister Rade Basta called on the Serbian government to impose sanctions against Russia.
      It is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the publication of Basht in Instagram.

      rade.basta
      Confirmed
      Ministry of privrede
      !! Our country is already paying dearly for not imposing sanctions against Russia and becoming unsustainable. I, as the Minister of Economy, observe the pressure exerted on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and I cannot accept that we should be silent. That is why I am in favor of imposing sanctions on Russia, I am on the side of President Vučić in defense of state and national interests and I absolutely trust him. That is why I ask the Government of Serbia and all ministers to make a statement on this issue.


    30. +1
      14 March 2023 00: 25
      Well, well, the city flowed through the pipes .. brothers caved in, bent over? negative
    31. +3
      14 March 2023 01: 25
      Khokhlostan must be defeated, crushed by force, confidently and inevitably. That's the only way to be respected
    32. 0
      14 March 2023 02: 00
      History repeats itself, we are unhappy, frightened, help us!
    33. +2
      14 March 2023 02: 41
      Friends always betray, not enemies: this has been the case since the time of Brutus and the Last Supper.
    34. 0
      14 March 2023 04: 44
      Well, what about, "nothing personal, just business," who would doubt it.
    35. +1
      14 March 2023 05: 55
      They are ministers of economy! All. And Russian too.
    36. 0
      14 March 2023 08: 13
      Serbia is more afraid of the United States than the Russian Federation a nuclear power)
      1. 0
        14 March 2023 22: 03
        Why are they afraid of anyone? Kindergarten right. There is a question of their existence and our influence on the processes in the region, they have nothing to fear, they have repeatedly proved this with weapons in their hands.
    37. 0
      14 March 2023 13: 35
      A member of Vucic's parliamentary bloc, the Socialist Movement, went so far as to demand Basta's resignation, calling him a coward for hiding behind the president while attacking his policy.

      “If the economy minister is not an expert but a politician, let him join… those who also want to break off fraternal and friendly relations with Moscow and the Russian people,” the party said. “We expect Basta to demonstrate the strength of his convictions by resigning if the rest of his ministers don't endorse his struggle against the independent, neutral and freedom-loving policy of Serbia.”
      Basta has served as economy minister since an October 2022 cabinet reshuffle. The former kickboxer, police officer and gym teacher previously managed Belgrade's central heating utility. He has a history of anti-Russian comments, calling for shutting down a humanitarian center in Nis and achieving “energy independence” from Russian natural gas by building a nuclear power plant with the EU and the US.
      1. 0
        14 March 2023 22: 00
        No one will help you now, we do not have a full-fledged transport and other corridor together, and this step is more political, it has no economic impact. Another question is that the West will not stop there and will demand even greater concessions before the final surrender. Accordingly, all this should be agreed at the leadership level, and our people have always warmly remembered and will remember their heroic brothers and will never change their minds and will not forget, the day of our victory will come.
    38. +1
      14 March 2023 18: 42
      Serbia is not easy right now. Let them join the sanctions. It won't hurt us anyway. But Serbia will be saved for a while.
      And after the victory, we’ll already destroy it according to the mind.
    39. 0
      14 March 2023 19: 15
      Quote from Digger
      Quote from: General_Hammel1
      The Serbian government caved in, but it was only a matter of time.

      recourse
      Pot calls the kettle black"

      May 1992 Russia voted in favor of a Security Council resolution imposing "hard and immediate" sanctions against Yugoslavia.
      Another anti-Serb roll was timed to coincide with the meeting between Clinton and Yeltsin in Vancouver (early April 1993). The draft decision of the Security Council concerned the introduction of additional, this time financial sanctions against the FRY. On April 18, the Security Council passed a resolution on toughening sanctions against Belgrade. Gift for Easter to Orthodox Serbs. It turns out that all night Kozyrev and Vorontsov were in contact. At five in the morning, Vorontsov was instructed to abstain, not to veto.
      03.04.1998
      The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on Yugoslavia in an attempt to push Belgrade to start a dialogue with the Kosovo Albanians. Russia, which has long defended Yugoslavia from new sanctions, for the first time agreed with the need for them.

      Belgrade reacted extremely painfully to the UN Security Council resolution, regarding it as "unprecedented interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state." It looks like Milosevic is also dissatisfied with Russia: the Yugoslav president asked Moscow to veto the resolution, but Moscow considered it inappropriate to oppose the whole world. The introduction of the embargo was supported by all members of the Security Council, except for China, which, as usual, abstained from voting.

      However, the Western partners were afraid of the Russian veto. On the eve of the discussion of the resolution, the London Financial Times reported that in December last year, a contract was signed between Moscow and Belgrade for the supply of Russian tanks, missiles, helicopters and fighter jets for $1,5 billion. And in order not to lose this money, Moscow, they say, will veto embargo.
      During the visit of Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic to Moscow on December 2-4, the military accompanying him did express interest in acquiring Russian weapons. But Rosvooruzhenie was not inspired by the proposal to supply weapons to pay off Russia's debt to the former Yugoslavia.

      The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the resolution should be a serious signal to Milosevic and encourage him to really tackle the Kosovo problem.
      ...
      24 March 1999 year the bombing of Serbia began. As a result of this, as it was called in the West, "humanitarian intervention", according to the Serbs, about five and a half thousand people died.
      PySy.
      beginning, 90s
      Franjo Tudjman and Boris Yeltsin

      Bosnian Serbs left the places retreating to Muslims and Croats, burning houses and digging up graves. On November 12, Milosevic made a final concession to Tudjman by handing over Eastern Slavonia to Croatia. Croatia has become the most "ethnically pure" of the republics of the former Yugoslavia.
      On November 28, 2022, the Croatian edition of Vecernji list made a real sensation. One Marin Tomulić, a Croatian living in Paris, urged Croatia not to forget that Russia was its friend and ally during the days of the civil war, and therefore does not deserve to have sanctions imposed and extended against it.

      Do not confuse warm with soft. Yugoslavia is not Serbia and Russia is not the USSR. They voted against Yugoslavia, and not against EXACTLY Serbia
    40. 0
      14 March 2023 21: 50
      And what exactly can we offer them and what real help can we provide them? They themselves do not have such resources to withstand pressure in a complete environment for a long time. And so we must pay tribute, they resisted for a long time, but this cannot last forever, and even with our failure and helplessness. They need to somehow survive or die, there is no other way and there is nowhere to wait for help from.

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