The Ukraine crisis has made it increasingly difficult for Serbia and Montenegro to avoid ‘taking sides’ in the clash between Russia and the West

The EU and the United States have implemented a series of incremental sanctions against Russia over the on-going conflict in Ukraine. Dimitar Bechev writes on the effect of the crisis in Serbia and Montenegro, noting that the two countries’ strong economic ties with Russia sit at odds with their respective bids to join Western institutions. Russia has often played the […]