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Tue 10 Oct 2009How pipeline may serve to spread Kremlin's influence
ANALYSIS:Russia is using oil and gas to lubricate and leverage its burgeoning relationship with Serbia, writes DAN McLAUGHLIN
DMITRY MEDVEDEV’S arrival today in Belgrade, as the first Russian president to visit Serbia, will send a strong message to the West that the Kremlin is determined to hold on to its main ally in the Balkans, even as the region makes a concerted push towards EU and Nato membership.
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