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Balkans Today: Building on the Ruins of Yugoslavia 2 minutes _____ On July 4, the Valdai Club hosted a discussion featuring Borisav Jovic, the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia in 1990-1991, who was observing firsthand the dramatic disintegration of the country. He offered his perspective of those developments and told the audience about his book, "A Lost Century: the Serbian Position in the Breakup of Yugoslavia." In their turn, Russian experts shared their view of Russia's position in the Balkan Peninsula and the prospects of relations between Russia and Serbia. The disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which largely coincided with that of the USSR, was one of the main political disasters of the late 20th century, radically changing the Balkan Peninsula and affecting the fate of other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Although historians agree on the main factors which had led to these developments, they are seen differently in the former Yugoslav republics. One of these perspectives was presented by the Valdai Club's guest. The full version of this analytical note will be available on Friday, July 5. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/senet. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/03e401d5327e%240e97dfc0%242bc79f40%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
