Sputnik

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Friday awarded Russian writer Zakhar Prilepein the award of Njegos of the First Order for his work in cultural and spiritual development and his public activity, contributing to friendly relations between Russia and Republika Srpska.

TASS reported this citing the Serbian Defense Ministrys website.

"Serbia has a high level of cooperation with Russia, but the news on buying S-300 systems is inconsistent with the reality," the minister said in a statement, after Sputnik in Serbian said that Belgrade had sent an official request to Moscow to purchase the air defense systems.

 According to Russian lawmakers, the Syrian president has praised Soviet air defense systems, which helped Damascus repel 71 Western missiles, Sputnik reported.

President Aleksandar Vucic said this in an interview for Rossiya-24 broadcaster, Sputnik is reporting on Friday.

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told this to Russia's Sputnik on Thursday, referring to the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo.

Dacic warned that the entire negotiation process between Belgrade and Pristina "could now return to zero."

Vucic, who is on a state visit to Russia, took part in religious rituals associated with the celebration - know in Serbian as (krsna) slava and unique to Orthodox Christian Serbs - in the Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

World power centers have overplayed their hand when they thought it was possible to redraw borders in the Balkans since it is not a part of the EU.

Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said this in a statement for the Russian daily Izvestia, Sputnik is reporting.

World power centers have overplayed their hand when they thought it was possible to redraw borders in the Balkans since it is not a part of the EU.

Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said this in a statement for the Russian daily Izvestia, Sputnik is reporting.

The US representative on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy, Vladislav Surkov, are to meet in Belgrade again, the Serbian media have reported.

Experts see the meetings as diplomatic fruit for the country's "two chairs" policy of balancing between West and East.

The Army of Serbia will receive from Russia two transport aircrafts "Antonov", reports Sputnik, without specifying the source of information.

According to the Russian portal, aircrafts "An-26" could land in Serbia in the next 10 months.