Opposition condemns election fraud in Serbia and Russia accuses West of encouraging protest

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Belgrade experiences intense days of protests after protests parliamentary election Who gave victory to the populists? Aleksandar Vucic. Thousands of Serbs gathered in Belgrade on Monday to demand the release of protesters arrested the previous day during a march to condemn corruption in the Balkan country’s recent parliamentary and local elections. Russiaa country that still enjoys great effect In the small Balkan country, he accused the West of inciting and encouraging mobilization.

This is the eighth consecutive night of protests in the capital, which began with street closures but were peaceful, unlike Sunday’s. While Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claimed that Sunday’s riots were planned, Russia accused Western powers of intervening and suggested that they might be behind the violence.

According to the Electoral Commission, the December 17 elections gave victory to Vucic’s party (SNS, nationalist right) with 46.7% of the votes. However, the opposition, which went to the polls with the slogan “Serbia is against violence” and received 23.5 percent of the votes, claims that there has been a series of corruptions.

Observers confirmed suspicions

A preliminary report by a panel of international observers confirmed these suspicions and listed cases of “vote buying” and “ballot stuffing” in many polling stations.

“It is clear that the West is trying to destabilize the situation in Serbia as a whole,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. said. “Attempts by third parties, some from abroad, to create problems in Belgrade are obvious,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The EU, and especially Germany, called the accusations of a country that wants to join the European Union “unacceptable”.

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