Following the tragic loss of lives at the “Vladislav Ribnikar” Elementary School shooting in Belgrade on 3 May 2023, the Government of Serbia has declared three days of national mourning, from the 5th of May till the 7th of May 2023.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia is grateful for all the messages of support we have received.

A book of condolence will open at the Embassy of Serbia to the Russian Federation, in Moscow, on Mosfilmovskaya street number 46.

Members of the public who wish to leave written tributes can do so during the following opening hours:

Friday - May 5 2023: 11:00 – 16:00
Saturday - May 6 2023: 10:00 – 14:00

Please be advised that visitors to the Embassy will be subject to security checks.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade in World War II, the Embassy organized a reception  on October 17, as well as a cultural and artistic multimedia program, followed by a buffet. Among the approximately 350 guests of honor, there were 50 war veterans, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Grushko, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the entire staff of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, senators of the Federation Council, members of the State Duma, high-ranking officials of the relevant ministries of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Governments of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Among the guests were the head of the Metochion of the Serbian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate Bishop Stefan of Remesia, adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, heads of several universities, libraries, representatives of Serbian and Russian business, the Nikola Tesla Association, as well as numerous Serbian students who helped the Embassy organize this event.

In addition to Ambassador Momčilo Babić, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin, Assistant to the Russian Foreign Ministry Aleksandr Grushko, State Duma deputy Maria Butina, and a high representative of the Moscow Council of Veterans, Colonel General R. Akchurin addressed the audience with an appropriate speech.

As part of the cultural and artistic program, the choir of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov and the Serbian graduate student of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music Matija Stepanović performed.

The program and speeches by officials were accompanied by the broadcast of documentaries about the battles for the liberation of Belgrade, as well as original photo exibition testifying to the joint actions of the Red Army and Yugoslav, that is Serbian, partisans. The Embassy also hosted an exhibition of documentary photographs "Operation Belgrade 1944", which aroused great interest among those present.

Particular attention was drawn to the presence of a 102-year-old participant of the Second World War, Yekaterina Ivanovna Evdokimova, who expressed her deep gratitude to the Ambassador and the staff of the Embassy for the exceptional program with an abundance of documentary material that reminded her of the war days.

Ambassador Babic met with the director of the National Dramatic Theater of Russia (Aleksandrinsky Theater) Sergey Emelyanov, with whom he discussed the improvement of cooperation between the theaters of Serbia and Russia.

The interlocutors noted with satisfaction that the cooperation between the Alexandrinsky Theater and the National Theater in Belgrade is developing intensively and in several directions after the signing of the Agreement on Cooperation in March 2023.

At the meeting, the commitment to the improvement of cooperation in the sphere of culture was expressed with the goal of improvement, preservation and development of theatrical art, and preservation of cultural and historical heritage.

The 17th cross-country race of the Radio-television of Serbia for children and parents in the diaspora was held in Moscow on June 2nd. This year the event, which has traditionally been supported from the very beginning by the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, was opened by Vice-Consul M. Voroncova. The largest sporting event for the diaspora brought together about a hundred children with their parents. This year's special guest was judge Dаlibor Djurdevic.