The ceremony was held at the Moscow Hotel in the center of Belgrade in the presence of the Speaker of the Assembly (Parliament) of Serbia Ivica Dacic, Russian Ambassador Alexander Botan-Kharchenko, representatives of Russian companies and Serbian leaders.
“The purpose of opening the center is to support even more ... intensive relations between our two friendly states and our fraternal peoples.
I am sure that I will not surprise anyone here if I say that relations between Serbia and Russia, Serbs and Russians are now at the highest point of a long and rich joint history, ”Dacic said.
As part of the opening of the center, a conference "Past, Present and Future of Russian-Serbian Relations" was held.
Margarita Simonyan, speaking with her report, noted that modern society is faced with a choice between the radicalization of ultra-religious sentiments and no less radical liberalism, which is engaged in "destroying the achievements of human civilization, hiding behind the ideas of humanism."
“Only we (Russia. -
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) from large countries can now defend our right to be a traditional society, only we now bear, first of all, but also to the world the ethics, principles and values of a healthy person.
We see that they are trying to involve Serbia in this crazy carousel of "new ethics".
These attempts take place every day, you know and feel this pressure better than I do, ”Simonyan said.
She expressed her readiness to help Serbia stay "mentally, civilizationally, culturally" together with "healthy people".
The task of the "Russian Balkan Center" is to study modern political, economic, social, cultural and religious processes in Serbia and the states of the Balkan region.
The Center intends to acquaint the scientific community and the public of Serbia and the Balkans with the main trends in the development of Russia.
It is planned to hold international conferences, scientific forums, round tables, open lectures.