Dr. G?zim Visoka:

Not necessarily, no, because Serbia is the most pro-Russian country in Europe. Russia has a covert centre, what is called a "humanitarian centre", and there are serious fears that it is being used for espionage and cyber activities. It has strong involvement with the Orthodox Church, in cultural and political societies and it has created this hybrid infrastructure of para-militia groups, from youth to other associations. They are being used in Bosnia and we have seen that in north Kosovo. In fact, the Wagner model has its origins in the time of Yugoslavia. Miloševi created paramilitary groups, the Arkan groups, to use them at the forefront. There is much learning to be gained from Russia and Serbia historically, as regards how they navigate between east and west.

Support for European integration in Serbia has always been 50-50 and it increases and decreases. At the moment, it is not looking good. In fact, across the western Balkans, support for European integration is down to 60%.