Eurasianism

This is a clear message from European Commission to Serbia.
"Serbia can enter into agreements with other states or organizations prior to joining EU. However, in the perspective of negotiating accession, Serbia has pledged to withdraw from all bilateral trade agreements on the day of EU accession", the Commission said.

Eurasian Economic Commission board member Veronika Nikishina said this on Thursday, Tanjug is reporting, citing TASS.

Ljajic is expected to finalize a deal on free trade between Serbia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Vecernje Novosti daily writes.

Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic announced this on Thursday, Tanjug is reporting.

Ljajic told TV PINK that he expected a free trade agreement with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to be concluded before Russian President Vladimir Putin's January 17 visit to Serbia.

"We expect the talks on preferential trade agreements with Singapore, Israel, Serbia and in the future with India and Egypt to be completed shortly," Putin said at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council held in St. Petersburg on Thursday, TASS is reporting.

There are "ideologists of Russian exceptionalism and Moscows Orthodox mission in the Slavic world and in Eurasia," according to an article that originally appeared on Voice of America/Radio Free Europe joint "fact-checking" website polygraph.info.

This could open new opportunities for development of business links, Putin said, and added that discussions were underway.

Te broadcaster paid special attention to Putin's meeting in the Kremlin earlier this week with Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.

Including Serbia in the free trade zone of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) could open new opportunities for development of business links, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin who added discussions are underway.

As the chief representative of his country in Brussels for the last 12 years, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov has firsthand experience in the ups and downs of relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union.

The Russian ultra-nationalist dubbed “Putin’s Rasputin” by Breitbart News when it was run by President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has emerged as an unlikely foreign-policy fixer for the Kremlin.