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NOTES
1
Tadi}: „EU is the most important objective“ January 12, 2009,
available at: http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=
2009&mm=01&dd=12&nav_category=11&version=print
2
Statement by the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Goran Svilanovi}
at the SRJ Federal Assembly, http://www.mfa.rs/Srpski/Foreinframe.htm
3
When the independence of Kosovo was proclaimed, a part of
the then leading coalition failed to react even when protesters
were burning the flags of the countries perceived as the culprits
for „the stealing of Kosovo“.
4
These accusations were presented on October 26, 2008, Vojislav
Ko{tunica, To recognize EULEX is to recognize independence,
http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/Srbija/24180/P
riznanje+Euleksa+je+priznanje+nezavisnosti.html
5
Milan Simurdi}, Russian Energy Politics and the Balkans, p.4.
http://www.isac-fund.org/lat/publishing.php
6
[ojgu: The price of NIS is a done deal for Russia, Dnevnik, Tuesday,
September 23, 2008, http://www.naslovi.net/2008-09-
23/dnevnik/sojgu-za-rusiju-cena-nis-a-gotova-stvar/833240
7
Beta, January 12, 2009, President Tadic said that Serbian priorities
in foreign politics were the defense of Kosovo, European integration
and the strengthening of regional cooperation. He also
pointed to the fact that Serbian foreign politics was based on the
developing of relations with the EU, Russia and the USA. „Serbia
has three pillars of its foreign politics, and those are the European
Union, Russia and the USA.”.
http://www.msp.gov.rs/Srpski/Bilteni /Srpski/ b120109_s.html
8
Official Gazette of the SRJ ratified – International contracts, no.
1/2001
9
The reparation of the aircraft MIG-29 agreed on, December 23,
2006 http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2006
&mm= 12&dd=23&nav_id=224736
10
According to the Russian Ministry for Emergencies’ data, from
April 6 to August 12, members of the Ministry’s Center for
High-Risk Rescue Operations cleared 539, 413m2 of land, and
additional 418, 000 will be cleared in the future. 177 explosive
devices were found. Available in Russian at
http://www.mchs.gov.ru/portal_news/detail.php?ID=22992
11
Interview, Dragan [utanovac, Defense Minister, Press, January
9, 2010, [utanovac: Srbia in NATO, why not, http://www.pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/95318/%C5%A0utanovac:+Srbija+u+NATO,%C5%A1to+da+ne.html
12
Be}kovi}: The decision on NATO should not be made behind people’s
back, January 12, 2010, http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Poli-
tika/171951/Grupa-od-200-Intelektualaca-za-referendum-o-NATO-
13
Novosti, January 22, 2010, Lavrov: NATO is not brining a solution,
http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=1&status=
jedna&vest=168804&title_add=Lavrov%3A%20NATO%20ne%2
0donosi%20re%C5%A1enje&kword_add=lavrov%2C%20sergej%20lavrov
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http://www.srbijanet.rs/vesti/vesti-iz-zemlje/43095-kosaovrusija-ne-bi-razumela-odluku-srbije-da-udje-u-nato.html
15
B92, Rogozin: You can join NATO without Kosovo, February 6,
2010 http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=
2010&mm=02&dd=06&nav_id=409229
16
B92, Jeremi}: Cooperation with all players February 6, 2010,
http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=0
2&dd=06&nav_category=11&nav_id=409270
17
Danas, Unnecessary referendum on NATO, February 14, 2010,
http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/politika/nepotreban_referendum_o_nato.56.html?news_id=183687
18
The Russian Federation Military Doctrine, April 21, 2000
http://www.iss.niiit.ru/doktrins/doktr02.htm
19
The Russian Federation Military Doctrine, February 5, 2010
http://news.kremlin.ru/ref_notes/461
20
The transcript of statements and answers to questions of media
provided by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs S.V. Lavrov
at joint press-conference on results of negotiations with the Serbian
Minister of Foreign Affairs V. Jeremi}, Moscow, February
20, 2009. (Стенограмма выступления и ответов на
вопросы СМИ Министра иностранных дел России
С.В.Лаврова на совместной пресс-конференции по итогам
переговоров с Министром иностранных дел Сербии
В.Еремичем, Москва, 20 февраля 2009 года), available at:
http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/0/B38351266782BAE6C325756
70037ABC8
21
See Dr. Vladimir Voronkov, The European Security Treaty After
Corfu, p. 2 www.crep.ch/en/pdf/09-07-13+Voronkov +article_ENG.pdf
22
The rule of law in international relations is the second priority
of the Russian Federation, see: Foreign politics of the Russian
Federation (Концепция внешней политики Российской
Федерации) , July 12, 2008 http://archive.kremlin.ru/text/
docs/2008/07/204108.shtml
2
James Headley, Russia and the Balkans, Foreign Policy from
Yeltsin to Putin, Columbia University Press 2008, p. 150 – 155.
24
It was later explained that this statement did not mean Russia
was planning to recognize Kosovo. ITAR Tass, the meeting of the
Russian president Putin and the S. Ossetia president Kokoity,
available at: http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?NewsID=
14271740&PageNum=0 , also http://news.mail.ru/politics/2853710
See the RTS news, available at:
http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/Srbija/116721
/Putin+o+Kosovu+i+Abhaziji.html
25
The commentary was made by the Russian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs representative on the 10t anniversary since the beginning
of the bombing of Yugoslavia, (Комментарий официального
представителя МИД России А.А.Нестеренко в связи с 10-
летием начала натовских бомбардировок Югославии),
http://www.mid.ru/Brp_4.nsf/arh/CD4437FE5D59AC21C32
5758300245215?OpenDocument
26
Russia Moves to Legalize Ties with Abkhazia, S. Ossetia,
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=17591&search=Russia%20Abkhazia%20ties
27
Sergej Lavrov, Face to Face with America: Between Non-confrontation
and Convergence, Journal „Profil“, no. 38, October
2008, available in Russian at: http://www.mid.ru/Brp_4.nsf/
arh/B3C8684DEA14B242C32574E1002FD07B?OpenDocument
28
The daily Kurir, 21. October 2009, Close-knit Brothers,
http://kurir-info.rs/clanak/politika/kurir-21-10-2009/sloznabraca
29
@arko Petrovi}, Russian-Serbian Strategic Partnership: Content
and Reach, available at: http://www.isac-fund.org/lat/publishing.php
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