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‘We know what it’s like to be a pariah’

Friday, April 15, 2022

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What Russia’s war in Ukraine looks like from Serbia (35-min read)

Serbia remains one of the few countries that haven’t passed sanctions against Russia. President Alexander Vučić, who voters re-elected on April 3, has been complaining for over a month that the West is trying to force him to disown his “brother nation.” Russia’s not the only thing preventing him from doing this — a large portion of Serbian people themselves support Russia’s war against Ukraine. Meanwhile, since the beginning of March, more and more emigrants have been coming to Serbia from Russia to escape Russia's collapsing economy and political repression. Journalist Ilya Azar went to Belgrade to speak to Serbs about Russia — and to Russians about Serbia.

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