Vladimir Putin decided to put in a good word for Serbian Gen Z protests

After eleven months of protests in Serbia, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed understanding for the student and civic activists, calling them patriots deserving of dialogue. He criticized Western interference, asserting that Serbia’s struggles are an internal matter. The protests coincide with the anniversary of the fall of Milošević, highlighting deep-rooted nationalist myths.

Let them eat BRICS

Dragan Djilas of Serbia's Freedom and Justice Party emphasized the need for a strong European message to the Western Balkans, advocating for elections in candidate countries to amplify their voices in the EU. Meanwhile, sentiments against EU inclusion rise, with leaders like Aleksandar Vulin promoting "sovereignty" and alternative alliances like BRICS over EU membership.

The futility of the anti-Western sentiment of Serbian protests

Serbian student protesters from the Faculty of Fine Arts have condemned the Israeli interception of the humanitarian ship Adara, demanding information about arrested volunteers, including colleague Ognjen Marković. Their stance reflects a broader tendency in Serbian discourse that embraces resisting perceived Western dominance, alienating liberal citizens and conservative supporters alike.

Nedeljnik: Gazprom exited ownership in NIS, another company from the Gazprom group now has 11.3 percent of the capital

The St. Petersburg firm "Intelligence" acquired 11.3 percent of Naftna industrija Srbije's shares, previously owned by Gazprom, without compensation. This change comes amid NIS's repeated requests for exemptions from US sanctions. The largest shareholder remains Gazprom Neft, while Serbia's potential interest in buying NIS faces financial constraints.

In the literal abstract foyer of civil war verges

With both alt-right camps of Serbian politics losing legitimacy, the media and influencers associated with them are trying to breath some scary air into their incompetent lungs. It's not working. Liberal Serbs have a saying: "Once a radical, always a radical".

The outrage is all the rage

When a country like Serbia, experiences a social and political crisis, or a society starts showing tendencies, people tend to ask why is it happening and look for a cause, that in their minds, must have a rational explanation. You might not like the answers you get.

Ask your parents why they support Vučić

The Serbian student protesters keep scapegoating the European Union for the problems created by the generations of their parents, who kept electing a paternalist kakistocracy in hopes to make Serbia more like Russia and China, with all the calamities that come with associating with BRICS countries.

Devil summoning of the Serbian electorate and its consequences

New special Eurobarometer survey shows that in the Western Balkans, the support for joining the EU is lowest in Serbia, 33%. The theory and practice of fighting fire with fire by using alt-right kakistocratic ideology to fight the alt-right kakistocracy of Aleksandar Vučić is now coming back to bite the vindictive and shortsighted Heavenly People.

Serbian protests are not a plebiscite

Contrary to the popular belief, the student and civic protesters and the Serbian government are not the only political factors of relevance, despite the efforts, both in Serbia and abroad, to present them as such.

Serbian pro-EU opposition parties and netizens scold the Russian ambassador

Unlike the student protester front that doesn't want to offend Russia, some parts of the society in Serbia, including notable opposition parties, are not amused by the constant interference of the Russian government in Serbian affairs, especially the vocal support for the Serbian government expressed by the Russian ambassador Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko.