Russia "defends" Serbia again, attacks the European Union: It is making geopolitical maneuvers with the conditions for membership

Russia does not seem to give up its support for Serbia. Although she is, in fact, perhaps the "pivot" of the European Union's remarks towards Belgrade, Moscow seems to have decided to ignore this fact. "The European Union's preconditions for Serbia to start negotiations for membership in the union are a geopolitical maneuver," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Just a day ago, because the Serbs said: Don't forget us when you accept Ukraine and Moldova", the answer came from Brussels: First join the anti-Russian sanctions. It's all an economic union... Now it's a clear geopolitical maneuver: Give up Kosovo, support anti-Russian sanctions and we will see," Lavrov said, RIA Novosti reports. Normalizing relations with Kosovo and imposing sanctions on Russia to condemn the war started in Ukraine are really among the main conditions for Serbia. to advance in membership in the European Union. Likewise, the Belgrade government is often harshly criticized for the deterioration of media freedom and the rule of law. Therefore, Lavrov also said that the intensification of the statements of European leaders about Ukraine's membership in the European Union is a game and a continuation of the course of the EU after the collapse of the USSR. "It seems to me that this is a game, a continuation of the line followed by the European Union after the disappearance of the Soviet Union, when all criteria were erased and only political expediency it was the basis of the decisions that were taken when, for example, the Baltic countries joined," Lavrov said. The EC said in June that Ukraine has fulfilled 2 of the 7 conditions that the EU had previously set.