Serbia's student movement defeats longtime leader Vučić, ruling party

Serbia's longtime leader, Aleksandar Vučić, has conceded decision aft his Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, mislaid to a student-led question successful drawback parliamentary elections.

"It is wide we person mislaid these elections," said Vučić, President from 2017 to 2026. He antecedently served arsenic archetypal lawman premier curate from 2012 to 2014, and premier curate from 2014 to 2017.

Originally known arsenic 'Students successful Blockade' and registered arsenic 'Student List' for the legislative elections, the question is projected to person betwixt 135 and 140 seats. The SNS volition person 105.

The Republic Electoral Commission, RIK, announced that the Student List won 52.54 percent of the vote, portion United Serbia, led by the SNS, secured 39.29 percent.

The youth-backed organisation emerged successful November 2024 during a grassroots protestation successful effect to a railway presumption catastrophe attributed to authorities corruption and negligence.

On Monday, Russia reacted to the decision of Vučić, who maintained adjacent relations with Moscow and refused to articulation Western sanctions implicit the penetration of Ukraine.

The Foreign Ministry described Serbia arsenic "a traditionally affable nation," with which Russia has maintained political, economic, cultural, historical, and humanitarian ties.

Moscow expects the caller authorities to "preserve the affirmative momentum built up implicit the years and proceed to prosecute a argumentation of processing mutually beneficial and adjacent cooperation."

The Student List has received congratulatory messa...