Russian press: Serbian political scene heats up

The Moscow press is following the Serbian election campaign very closely.

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Tuesday, 06.05.2008.

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The Moscow press is following the Serbian election campaign very closely. Quoting Belgrade newspapers, Russian daily Kommersant says that Serbian President Boris Tadic received a death threat in a letter stating that he would be killed for “betraying national interests.” Russian press: Serbian political scene heats up The daily writes that the contents of the letter echo the accusations being slung at the president by his political opponents. “All of this has reached the outer limits of the presidential campaign, which Russia has been dragged into,” the daily writes. Kommersant states that the attacks on Tadic have mounted since the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, adding that Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica promised that the new government would annul the agreement since it was “unconstitutional.” The Serb Radical Party leadership went even further and said that Tadic would have to “answer for his betrayal.” Apart from the attacks on Tadic, the daily states that Kostunica has also said that he received a “personal message” from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin stated that he hoped that the energy agreement between the two countries would be ratified by the Serbian parliament soon, the daily stated, adding that this seemed to be the main topic of Putin’s message. The daily said that the answer to the message was yesterday’s statement by Tadic that ratification of the agreement would be initiated on Friday. Daily Rossiskaya Gazeta writes that the situation in Serbia has “heated up” to such an extent that threats are now being bandied about between political opponents. “After the signing of the agreement with the EU, the country has become even more deeply divided between the imposed choice of Europe or Kosovo,” the daily writes. The daily states that if the coalition of the Serb Radical Party, the Socialist Party of Serbia and Kostunica’s DSS emerges as the victors in the elections, the country’s orientation will probably shift from pro-Western towards closer relations with Russia. The daily writes that the second option would be a resumption of the old model of Tadic, Kostunica and the minority parties, stating that Serbia would, in that event, continue its links with the EU and the West, while guarding its national interests.

Russian press: Serbian political scene heats up

The daily writes that the contents of the letter echo the accusations being slung at the president by his political opponents.

“All of this has reached the outer limits of the presidential campaign, which Russia has been dragged into,” the daily writes.

Kommersant states that the attacks on Tadić have mounted since the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, adding that Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica promised that the new government would annul the agreement since it was “unconstitutional.”

The Serb Radical Party leadership went even further and said that Tadić would have to “answer for his betrayal.”

Apart from the attacks on Tadić, the daily states that Koštunica has also said that he received a “personal message” from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin stated that he hoped that the energy agreement between the two countries would be ratified by the Serbian parliament soon, the daily stated, adding that this seemed to be the main topic of Putin’s message.

The daily said that the answer to the message was yesterday’s statement by Tadić that ratification of the agreement would be initiated on Friday.

Daily Rossiskaya Gazeta writes that the situation in Serbia has “heated up” to such an extent that threats are now being bandied about between political opponents.

“After the signing of the agreement with the EU, the country has become even more deeply divided between the imposed choice of Europe or Kosovo,” the daily writes.

The daily states that if the coalition of the Serb Radical Party, the Socialist Party of Serbia and Koštunica’s DSS emerges as the victors in the elections, the country’s orientation will probably shift from pro-Western towards closer relations with Russia.

The daily writes that the second option would be a resumption of the old model of Tadić, Koštunica and the minority parties, stating that Serbia would, in that event, continue its links with the EU and the West, while guarding its national interests.

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