Milosevic, Borislav

Born July 8, 1934 in the city of Niksic in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in a family of educators. The Milosevic family comes from the village of Lieva-Reka in Montenegro . Milosevic’s parents, however, lived in the Montenegrin village of Uvacha. Father Svetozar was a priest, he taught Russian and Serbo-Croatian languages ​​at the gymnasiums of Montenegro and Kosovo, and held to pan-Slavic political views. His mother, Stanislava (nee Kolenshich ^[1] ), was a teacher at school, a communist and activist of the Communist Party, trying to instill in children appropriate political views. After the outbreak of World War II and the occupation of Yugoslavia by axis countries , the Milosevic family moved to Pozharevac , where the youngest son Slobodan was born. In Pozharevac, Borislav graduated from primary and secondary school, and then entered the Law Faculty of the University of Belgrade. During his studies, he joined the Union of Students of Yugoslavia, and soon became one of its main activists. After graduating from the faculty, he worked in the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia ^[1] . Due to constant quarrels with his wife, Borislav Svetozar's father left his family and left for Montenegro, where he shot himself in 1962. Stanislava lived the rest of her life alone, having committed suicide in 1974 ^[2] .

In 1969-1974, Borislav Milosevic worked as an adviser to the Embassy of the SFR of Yugoslavia in the USSR . He was fluent in Russian, was a translator of Josip Broz Tito , participated in the negotiations of the Yugoslav leader with Leonid Brezhnev . After returning from the USSR, he continued to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia. In 1985-1989 he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the SFRY in the Algerian Democratic People's Republic , then he worked in the representative office of the foreign trade company Inex in Paris. During the diplomatic service he learned Russian, English and French ^[1] .

In 1998-2001 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Russian Federation. In this post, he replaced Danilo Markovich, one of the closest associates of Slobodan Milosevic ^[2] . According to Zhivadin Jovanovic, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia in 1998-2000, Borislav Milosevic made a great contribution to the development of relations between Russia and Yugoslavia. During the Kosovo crisis, he soberly assessed the possible actions of Russian diplomacy and made accurate and devoid of emotional coloring assessments of Russian politics in the Balkans and reactions to current events. Also, according to Jovanovic, among the merits of Borislav Milosevic is the signing of a duty-free agreement between the Russian Federation and the FRY, thanks to which Serbian companies gained access to the Russian market ^[1] .

After his resignation in 2001, Borislav Milosevic lived and worked in Moscow. He was a consultant to a number of companies, in particular, in April 2011, he became an adviser to the general director of Zarubezhstroytekhnologii, a subsidiary of Russian Railways , which sells a Russian loan of $ 800 million for Serbian railways ^[2] . In this position, he assisted in the implementation of the agreement signed in Belgrade ^[3] .

He sharply criticized the activities of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague . Borislav called the arrest and extradition of his ICTY his brother Slobodan “kidnapping” ^[4] .

The Serbian press repeatedly mentioned that Borislav Milosevic helped his brother Slobodan's family move to Russia - his wife Miryan and son Marko ^[2] , against whom charges were brought against in Serbia. Subsequently, they received refugee status in the Russian Federation ^[5] .

After the termination of his diplomatic career, Borislav Milosevic continued to assist in organizing events in the field of science and culture: forums, conferences, visits of politicians and scientists. In Russia, he wrote a number of books and many articles. He also repeatedly spoke in the media, including such as CNN, BBC, TF-1, etc. ^[1] . He was a member of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Voislav Sheshel created in 2010 in the State Duma of the Russian Federation ^[2] . According to press estimates, Borislav Milosevic managed to achieve his position in Russia on his own, and not because he was the brother of the president of Yugoslavia ^[2] .

Despite the fact that in 2006 he called for respect for the choice of the people of Montenegro to secede ^[2] , Borislav Milosevic has repeatedly stated that he would like to see Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and the Republika Srpska in a single state entity ^[1] .

In September 2012, he came to rest in Montenegro. He died in Belgrade on January 29, 2013 after a long illness. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Tuzi Lievorechke in Montenegro, where the grave of his father Svetozar is located ^[6] .

He was twice married. In the second marriage with Milanka Milosevic, the son of Svetozar was born ^[1] .

• Milosevic B.S. Balkan fracture: Selected interviews, articles, speeches, lectures. 1999-2012 - M .: Master, 2012 .-- 656 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9776-0249-5 .

• Sycheva L. Borislav Milosevic testifies (neopr.) (12/02/2012). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
• Turudić M. Stariji i uspešniji brat (Serb.) (April 28, 2011). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
• Јovanoviћ J. Seћaњe on Borislav Miloseviћa (Serb.) (February 1, 2013). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
• Childs D. Borislav Milosevic: Diplomat who defended his brother Slobodan (English) (February 1, 2013). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.