Putin's Bet Goes Bust

01.08.2022, 18:11 charter97.org

Putin's Bet Goes Bust18Syto Sokrata Telegram channel 1.08.2022, 13:13 20,910 Serbia remains the only Russian accomplice in the Balkans.Moscow energetically uses the country dependent on its handouts for all sorts of geopolitical manipulations. Parasitizing on the remnants of malignant Serbian nationalism, the Russian intelligence services are using Belgrade as a springboard for subversive activities against neighboring states, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo. The GRU pours a solid resource into the Serbian agents to build up the Western Balkans. This region is on the verge of integration into the EU, and the Russians traditionally support a high level of conflict here in order to undermine Brussels. They are trying to split the European position at the expense of the security factor. The troubled relationship between Kosovo and Serbia has been a hot zone for Russians for many years now. In the context of the invasion of Ukraine, the conflict between Pristina and Belgrade is a desirable factor for the Russian Federation to divert the attention of the international community. Therefore, Putin's intelligence services are smashing against the wall in order to form a picture of another upcoming big war in Europe, almost a repetition of the First World War, of course, blaming the Western countries for everything.For experts, the long-standing policy of non-recognition of the sovereignty of Kosovo by the Serbs is not a revelation. One of the aspects of this case is the “number plate war”.In 2011, the parties entered into an agreement on the use by northerners of Kosovo of neutral documents and license number plates, which expire on August 1, 2022. After that, Serbian citizens entering the territory of the republic will receive temporary Kosovo documents on crossing the border, while Serbian ones will be invalid. Despite the existence of an interstate agreement, the Vučić government stubbornly does not consider it possible for Kosovo to establish rules for registering cars and provokes a violent confrontation.The instigator of destabilization is the Serbs, whom the Russians urge to follow their example and spit on international law, relying on forceful options to justify their installations. Of course, with the use of information and psychological operations.The Serbian elite has poured gasoline on the fire in the last few days. Serbian Foreign Minister Selaković hinted that the Kosovars are preparing a “special operation” against the Kosovo Serbs. According to him, it will be “literally hell in the coming days”. Representative of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party Djukanović repeated the terms of the Putinists 100%, calling for the “denazification of the Balkans”. President Vučić himself expressed an ambivalent position in the spirit of, like, we are for peace, but “there will be no capitulation of Serbia, and it will win.”On July 31, residents of Kosovska Mitrovica began setting up barricades, and also turned on air raid sirens. Stories about shootings appeared in the information space, rumors circulated about a “special operation” by the Kosovo police, and the entry of the Serbian army into the north of the republic. By midnight on August 1, the suspense was mounting, and pro-Putin Telegram channels were trumpeting the war, arguing that the KFOR forces were on full alert.The Russians incited as best they could. Without Kosovo, Serbia will lose the remnants of sovereignty! Serbia pursuing a sovereign policy is not needed by either the EU or NATO! If Vučić surrenders, he will lose power! Moscow pushed the Serbs to the massacre with all its might. It should be noted that there are not only geopolitical, but also economic reasons. In terms of investment, Serbia is 76% dependent on the EU. The republic has the deepest crisis in the last 10 years. Requests for help find no answer in Moscow, because the Russian Federation does not have enough basic resources even for itself.Russia needs the Serbs to fight and thus open a “second front” for the West. But the US and the EU thwarted the Kremlin's plans, because at their request the Kosovars postponed the “number plate law” for a month. Steam has been released, but the Serbian trump card is still in the hands of the Russian Federation.Telegram channel Syto Sokrata