Rogozin: Serbia's EU bid destined to fail; McCain "went crazy a long time ago"; Who is Yee?

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Serbia will have a good government - but the conditions set before it will be such that the country will never join the EU, says Dmitry Rogozin.

The Russian deputy prime minister spoke for Sputnik after attending Aleksandar Vucic's presidential inauguration in Belgrade on Friday, to also describe Montenegro's recent NATO entry as being directed against Serbia, rather than against Russia.

Speaking about the inauguration, Rogozin said it was important that "all Balkan leaders came to Belgrade on this occasion - it emphasized Serbia's role as the biggest and most authoritative state in the region, on which much depends."

He also commented on the positions held by US officials who are opposed to Russia's influence in the Balkans, especially US State Department official Hoyt Brian Yee, who also attended the inauguration, and who in May...