Russians find refuge from Putin in Europe’s new ‘Casablanca’

BELGRADE – Sitting behind an outsized black wooden desk next to stacks of papers, Belgrade lawyer Tijana Vujovic says she already has another five meetings with potential new clients in her diary for the next day. Four of them are Russian.

The moves, coupled with Mr Putin’s escalating attacks in Ukraine, have made Serbia’s relationship with Russia an increasingly uncomfortable one. “When we have guests from Russia, we discover those from Western services who tail them,” he said. “When we have guests from the West, then the other ones tail them.”Much of Europe embraced Russian aristocrats and intellectuals fleeing the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Yet, a century or so later, those escaping the politics of their homeland have few options in Europe.

Attempts by strongman Slobodan Milosevic to challenge that on the battlefield triggered sanctions and isolation. Serbs looked east for support, gaining Russian backing during Nato’s bombing in 1999 to end the conflict in Kosovo. Mr Korostikov, whose wife is Serbian, arrived in Belgrade in June and now works remotely for a Britain-based climate NGO.

Russians have set up 2,321 small firms and companies in Serbia in 2022, mostly in Belgrade, a surge from just 158 in all of 2021, according to Serbia’s Business Registry.

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