What this document is
The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies, a Belgrade-based policy organization, published this study examining how Russia has used cultural, media and civil-society channels to build influence in Serbia. The report argues that Russian soft power in Serbia works through organizations and media outlets that shape public narratives, and that it has been particularly effective at reaching younger Serbians and shifting their views on subjects including authoritarian government, civil society and human rights.
CEAS director Jelena Milic, whose organization has long argued for closer Serbian ties to the European Union and NATO, framed the report's findings as a warning: that Russian influence efforts in Serbia work against the stabilization, democratic development and Euro-Atlantic integration that CEAS sees as being in the country's own interest.
The study was covered by regional outlets including the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network at the time of its release in 2016, and it sits within a wider body of CEAS publications tracking Russian influence activity across the Western Balkans.
Where to find it
Available from Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS).