How Putin Uses Dragan Šolak to Influence Serbia

For years, Serbia’s balancing act between Moscow and Brussels has defined its foreign policy. Now, newly surfaced corporate and financial records suggest that the Kremlin found an unexpected instrument to pull those political strings through one of the Balkans’ best-known businessmen, Dragan Šolak. According to multiple intelligence-grade assessments reviewed by EU Political Report, Swiss lawyer…

When Sanctions Evasion Meets Media Capture

Wolfram Kuoni

Wolfram Kuoni   Why the EU Should Pay Attention to Kuoni and Šolak The European Union has invested heavily in sanction regimes and media freedom initiatives since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. But the integrity of both is at risk when opaque financial networks and concentrated media ownership intersect. Two names illustrate the problem: Wolfram…