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Student-backed movement defeats Vucic in Serbia’s parliamentary election

By Drooid · Oct 27, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC · How we work

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Aleksandar Vucic lost Serbia’s parliamentary election to a student-backed protest movement.
Vucic had led Serbia as prime minister or president since 2014.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he hopes new leaders will keep cooperation with Russia.
Serbia has not adopted EU-backed sanctions on Russia and maintains close economic, political, military ties.

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Aleksandar Vucic lost Serbia’s parliamentary election to a student-backed protest movement.
Vucic had led Serbia as prime minister or president since 2014.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he hopes new leaders will keep cooperation with Russia.
Serbia has not adopted EU-backed sanctions on Russia and maintains close economic, political, military ties.