Mirjana Jevtovic is an investigative journalist and digital-forensics unit editor with RFE/RL's Balkan Service based in Belgrade.
A right-wing Serbian politician, blacklisted by Kyiv for his anti-Ukrainian activities, has been linked to Viktor Medvedchuk, the Kremlin-friendly former Ukrainian businessman and alleged funder of Voice of Europe, a Russian disinformation site recently hit by Czech sanctions.
In a city in North Macedonia notorious for its online scams, there is a new get-rich-quick scheme: Donald Trump-themed debit cards.
Aleksandr Studenikin was blacklisted last year for working “against the interests and security of the EU and its member states” while serving as a diplomat at Russia’s mission in Brussels. Now this alleged intelligence operative is serving as an OSCE election observer in Serbia.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has vowed that "no one can bypass" Western sanctions on Russia via the Balkan country he leads. But a new RFE/RL investigation shows that the types of Western electronics used in Russian weapons are flowing to Moscow from Serbia.
