Maja Zivanovic is an investigative journalist based in Prague.
An RFE/RL investigation reveals that an influential X account called Europe Invasion concocted fake personas to push xenophobic narratives and fuel anti-immigrant sentiment in the EU.
One former recruit's account of the secretive dealings that feed Moscow's war effort in Ukraine under the guise of "construction work." He was left bitter at the broken promises, haphazard training, and casual disregard for human life among Russian commanders and Balkan intermediaries.
Vladimir Jovancic, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of eight people Italian authorities have charged in connection with the March 2023 escape of Russian businessman Artyom Uss.
How did an obscure Serbian businessman end up at the North Pole less than three weeks after allegedly helping spring a politically connected Russian businessman from Italian house arrest? As the saying goes, it's complicated.
How a Balkan crime gang sprang a Russian businessman from Italian house arrest.
Two French nationals have told RFE/RL they're both very much alive and living in France, despite Russian state media claims they were in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv at the time of a Russian missile strike on January 16.
A Russian tycoon accused of being the straw owner of a super yacht actually belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting to wrest control of a second luxury vessel seized by the United States over its links to a Kremlin-loyal billionaire.
Aleksandr Studenikin was blacklisted last year for working “against the interests and security of the EU and its member states” while serving as a diplomat at Russia’s mission in Brussels. Now this alleged intelligence operative is serving as an OSCE election observer in Serbia.
An RFE/RL investigation found that a former Russian envoy to the EU whom European diplomats say works for Russian intelligence is coordinating between Wagner forces and local police in the Central African Republic following the mysterious death of Kremlin-connected warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The wife of a Russian ministry official, an interpreter for Vladimir Putin, and a former diplomat whom Western intelligence suspects of spy links: These are the Russians whose employment by the OSCE has raised concerns amid what critics call Kremlin efforts to paralyze the European security body.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has vowed that "no one can bypass" Western sanctions on Russia via the Balkan country he leads. But a new RFE/RL investigation shows that the types of Western electronics used in Russian weapons are flowing to Moscow from Serbia.
While many European states have shown the door to hundreds of Russian diplomats, not only have they found a new home in Serbia, but the country has taken in alleged Russian spies, an RFE/RL investigation reveals.
Stripped of police protection for his children, a longtime critic of Serbia's nationalists and their Russian allies has accused Moscow of targeting his children in an attack at a Belgrade McDonald's two years ago.
Bogoljub and Dragomir Karic, once close to Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, present themselves as pioneers of capitalism in Eastern Europe and promoters of democracy. Yet they built their fortune cozying up to authoritarian figures -- and may face sanctions for ties to Alyaksandr Lukashenka of Belarus.
With Beijing's growing role in higher education, Serbia is becoming the "poster child" in the region for cooperation with China.
The ripples from Facebook and Twitter bans on the outgoing U.S. president are being felt all over, including the Balkans.
Serbia's ruling right-wing populists are expected to dominate this weekend's national elections following a campaign that has featured a lot of flag-waving.
