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"He suffered a very diplomatic illness", Russians mock Vučić: Let's send him doctors from Moscow, will he accept?

2025-05-05 17:10:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"He suffered a very diplomatic illness", Russians mock Vučić:
Aleksandar Vucic

The sudden illness of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, shortly after it was reported that he failed to meet US President Donald Trump during his brief visit to the US, is now the focus of attention in Russia as well.

The media there have floated various theories, even conspiracy theories, suggesting that Vučić, as well as the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, may have been poisoned, in retaliation for confirming their participation in the parade to be held in Moscow on May 9.

Russian political analyst Sergey Markov ironically called Vučić's illness an "overly diplomatic illness."

“He was supposed to take part in the Victory Parade on May 9 in Moscow, for which the EU harshly criticized him. Now, of course, he will not be in Moscow on May 9. And, perhaps, everyone will think that the illness is very diplomatic,” Markov noted.

On Russian state television, he did not spare any irony when he said that his country could send medical experts to Vucic, but raised the question; will he accept them, just as he accepted the FSB experts who determined that he had not "used" sonic weapons against protesters?

But the "illness" has another, perhaps more important reason; to avoid an unpleasant visit to Vladimir Putin, for two reasons. First, because he received a serious warning from Brussels that going to Putin's parade on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II could mean a break, perhaps long-term, in EU accession negotiations, and thus the closing of Brussels' financial tap, to which Estonia clearly told him: "Enough - if you go to Putin, forget about the EU").

The second reason is the one that Vučić actually fears the most; the conversation with Putin about the fate of the Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), which is largely owned by the Russian state company Gazprom and therefore under the constant threat of US sanctions, and now the announcement that countries that buy Russian energy will be hit with huge US tariffs, up to 200 percent.

Russian media reports that Gazprom may be willing to sell their share to the Serbs, but at a price that is likely to cause health problems for Vučić, at least $700 million. But even if Vučić were willing to give that much money, it is not certain whether Putin would agree to it, because NIS serves him very well in that he can blackmail Serbia for his needs at will.


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