Serbia caught in middle over Ukraine

By Dusan Stojanovic

Published September 8, 2014 3:18pm ET

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Serbia caught in middle over Ukraine — In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, a woman smokes as she has a drink at the "Putin Caffe" in Novi Sad, Serbia. Serbia, caught in the middle of Moscow's row with the European Union and the United States over the crisis in Ukraine, is suddenly being confronted with a hard choice: continue on its proclaimed course toward the EU, or give up that goal and seek even closer ties with its traditional Slavic ally Russia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) | Marko Drobnjakovic

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Radivoje Miljanic, the owner of “Putin Cafe,” has no dilemma over the course Serbia should take over Ukraine: turn off the pro-Western path and forge a strong alliance with Slavic ally Russia.

“Our government cannot sit on two chairs,” Miljanic said, sipping vodka in his smoky joint under a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, featuring Russian and Serbian flags and an onion-domed Christian Orthodox church.

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