"Serbia should not become an EU member not because of Russia, but for its own good. However, it is even more unacceptable to recognize the secession of our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija, which is the West’s main condition for Serbia’s EU accession. The West that is waging war against Russia today is the same West that waged war against Serbia starting in 1990. Serbia has held EU candidate status since 2012, with accession negotiations underway since 2014. Last month Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed Belgrade’s disappointment over the fact that the country did not open a single new chapter of EU accession negotiations in the past five years.