Serbs again took to the streets in support of Russia
In the center of Belgrade, at the monument to Russian Tsar Nicholas II, another rally in support of Russia was held on Friday. It was organized by the right-wing People's Patrol movement; they brought people to the streets of the capital in connection with Serbia's vote to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. The number of protesters this time was smaller than last time, since the action took place on a working day.
Damjan Knezevic, the leader of the organization, addressed the crowd with the words that it is in Serbia’s interests that “the Russians win this war, because only Russia guarantees us that Kosovo will remain part of Serbia.”
Those gathered chanted “Russians and Serbs are brothers forever,” “This is not our voice,” “Russia-Serbia.”
There were many flags in the crowd; in addition to Russian and Serbian ones, there were also symbols of Novorossiya, as well as banners with the outlines of Kosovo and the inscription “Don’t give up.” People sang Russian songs, as well as the Russian anthem and the Serbian anthem. After the speakers spoke, they headed to the Russian Embassy building, where the action ended.
Also, members of this unregistered right-wing movement stopped with lit torches in front of the Serbian Presidential building and threw smoke bombs, but there were no arrests.
To ensure the safety of the convoy, the police blocked traffic along one of the main city streets - from Terazije to Knyaz Milos.
Earlier, Serbia voted again at the UN, this time to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić attributed the move to "unprecedented pressure" from the West, specifically Belgrade, which was blackmailed by banning the transit of Russian crude oil. This is the country's only source of fuel.
At the same time, Serbia has not imposed real sanctions against the Russian Federation and is the only European country that continues to maintain air links with Moscow.
Serbs took to the streets again in support of Russia.