BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s new government will include a former intelligence chief who has fostered close ties with Russia and is sanctioned by the United States, the country’s prime minister-designate said Tuesday. The inclusion of Vulin into the new government suggests strengthening of ties with Russia despite Serbia’s formally proclaimed pro-EU path. Opposition Movement of Free Citizens party said that …
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s government on Thursday named a staunchly pro-Russian politician as the Balkan state’s new spy chief. As Serbia’s interior minister, Vulin visited Moscow in August, a rare visit by a European state official that underscored Belgrade’s refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. He then told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that …
