FILE – This Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, shows rubber boats with stickers in Russian that read: “From Russia to Serbian people” in a warehouse in a “Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center” near an airport in the town of Nis, Serbia.
FILE – This Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, shows rubber boats with stickers in Russian that read: “From Russia to Serbian people” in a warehouse in a “Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center” near an airport in the town of Nis, Serbia. Russia on Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017 pressured Serbia to grant diplomatic status to the Russian staff of a controversial facility near Nis, that U.S. officials believe could become Kremlin’s spy base in the Balkans. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s office said Tuesday that Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin urged him to hold a meeting “as soon as possible” to resolve the status of the center. Moscow has repeatedly denied reports the alleged disaster relief center in the southern city of Nis could become a spy center. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic/File)
