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After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, EU countries began expelling Russian diplomats suspected of collaborating with intelligence services. Radio Free Europe has previously identified cases of such people being admitted in Serbia.
The expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Bulgaria took place five years ago during an investigation conducted in that country into a series of explosions in weapons warehouses, in which Russian citizens were suspected of being responsible.
The Balkan editorial office of Radio Free Europe reported that the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is associated with the GRU, i.e. Russian military intelligence.
According to the radio station's findings, the Russian stayed in Serbia for about a year after being expelled from Bulgaria, but he has been on the list of diplomats as a deputy military attaché only since 2026.
Serbia - a safe haven for Russian diplomats
Radio Free Europe previously, in 2023, identified three other Russian diplomats who began a mission in Serbia after being expelled or blacklisted by EU countries in the months following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The EU may increase pressure on Serbia to limit the admission of expelled Russian diplomats
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