Nikolai Patrushev

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday in Belgrade with Secretary of Security Council of Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The two officials concluded that the Republic of Serbia and the Russian Federation continue to foster and promote friendly relations in various spheres of social life, the Serbian government announced.

Serbia has expelled several Russians for their alleged involvement in illegal activities in Montenegro, where authorities claim they prevented a coup, the Serbian daily Danas reported on Thursday.

The newspaper cited unnamed sources close to the Serbian government but did not reveal the names of those expelled and BIRN could not verify this information independently.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday in Belgrade.

They discussed the current political and security situation in the region and worldwide and models of military technical cooperation between Serbia and Russia.

The U.S. agency Associated Press is reporting this Wednesday about the visit of Security Council of the Russian Federation head Nikolai Patrushev to Serbia.

The report stresses that Serbia "remains a rare Russian ally in Europe."

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BELGRADE - The head of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, was in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, for talks with senior officials.

Patrushev, who is believed to be one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest associates, on October 26 urged Serbia to sign a "memorandum of understanding" on security relations.

Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev has proposed a memorandum of understanding to the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP).

Under the proposal, the memorandum would be signed in 2017.

BELGRADE - Russia respects Serbia's balanced policy, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin said Monday, announcing that senior Russian officials would visit Serbia in the next two months and reiterating Moscow was not against Serbia's EU accession.

BELGRADE - Russia respects Serbia's balanced policy, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Chepurin said Monday, announcing that senior Russian officials would visit Serbia in the next two months and reiterating Moscow was not against Serbia's EU accession.

Russia said July 26 that new European Union sanctions targeting Russian intelligence chiefs over its role in Ukraine risked ending all joint cooperation on security.

The European Union "has practically speaking put at risk international cooperation in the area of security," the Russian foreign ministry said in an angry response.