The Russians have their interests and we have ours. The Russians don't make us any gifts, but they have given us a good price.
President of the Republic of Serbia
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Serbia's president since 2017, he traveled from the far-right fringe in the Milošević era — when he censored journalists as information minister — to the center of power in a state caught between Europe, Russia, and its own unresolved past.
Born in Belgrade in 1970, Vučić trained as a lawyer and entered politics in 1993 through the far-right Serbian Radical Party, rising to secretary-general by 1995. Appointed information minister in 1998, he introduced restrictive measures against journalists and banned foreign broadcasters until Milošević fell in 2000. After years in opposition, he and Tomislav Nikolić split from the radicals to form the Serbian Progressive Party in 2008. The SNS won the 2012 election, installing Vučić as first deputy prime minister and party leader — the real center of gravity in a government he didn't nominal…
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The Russians have their interests and we have ours. The Russians don't make us any gifts, but they have given us a good price.
What I'm wondering is this: Why did the West open a Pandora's box in 2008 by recognizing Kosovo?
Serbs are very much attracted by the Western living standards, the standards of people. That’s why they like Germans.
It is very difficult to tackle people’s sentiments and people’s emotions. But this is our job to do it, to do everything in a very rational and realistic way.
Milosevic was a great Serbian leader whose intentions were certainly for the best
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