The West has given Belgrade an ultimatum, effectively forcing it to choose "anything but Russia," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, TASS reports.
"Just like in the situation with Ukraine, the West initially set conditions for Serbia, compelling it to make a tough choice, i.e. either be with the West or with Russia, instead of harmoniously combining different development paths in accordance with the national interests of the Serbian people. Now, however, the only choice left is to be with the West. As for recent remarks, they sound like nothing but an ultimatum: [choose] anything you like, just so long as it’s not Russia," the diplomat told RT television, commenting on the ongoing protests in Serbia.
According to Zakharova, earlier, Ukraine was shoehorned into the same "us-or-them" model and all warnings were ignored.
