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president vladimir putin with we're on the right side on russia's side. ah, they chant serbs and russians brothers forever. and we don't need the e u. o. we support the russians because they are our brothers. what is this letter stand for it for victory? oh, what does russia mean to you? that's corona, it's al brother land given to me. it's the only country upon serbia where i could live for the great people. great culture, with simply the fact that russia exists is good news for me. i've been of 1st order from football. uh huh. who was this for? oh, for austria, austria the enemy. why didn't you straight off?

ah, these demonstrations a regular fixture since the start of the war in ukraine are organized by a far right group called the peoples patrol. their self declared aim to free ukraine of nazis. russian brothers, you but sibyl, and these bad times, we will accompany you on the way to the kingdom of heaven, middle, long lives, serbia z, long live russia. i could make that 1st and foremost i support the russian people. when i compare, i have been thinking for a while that i should have intervened and ukraine wondered, a little, saginaw, god, the medicines have been dying if there's one other. there have been atrocities on the don bus region against the russian bible for yearly or that that's why i support this operation either. i hope it's brought to an end as quickly as possibly with the view as possible victims. you know that the denot allocation of ukraine

icon reality fil slotted. book. the russian war of aggression against ukraine is re interpreted here as an act of self defense. russian propaganda is accepted at face value. ah, belgrade is the only city in europe besides istanbul, still operating flights to russia. 6 6 ah nadia keith oliver and said gig cavity love have left moscow for belgrade. they've been living here for 4 weeks now. he's a photographer and she worked as a food designer in the advertising industry. when the russian economy collapse to because of sanctions and their work began to dry up, they decided to immigrate their debit and credit cards no longer work

abroad. in moscow, they emptied their bank accounts and exchanged their roubles for american dollars on below. they are now making ends meet with this money. i have no even one minute of thinking. come back and rush. i think it is the way it's close. there's them will a dangerous situation. and we don't have some future in our children. duncan, for some future there. the stalls in the city center are stocked up on russian merchandise. the couple from moscow was familiar with the nationalist symbolism from back home in belgrade to they're confronted with the face of commander in chief potent on t shirts. the military is glorified here. a lot of

people here is just supporting russian government supporting war and thinking that food is doing great job, or slowing people. we don't think sold where the firms. and the reason we are here, because we don't feel good in russia and we have to escape somewhere. maybe we can say that ria is big lead, sees the server logs, you can just lay it. what is it? am we're feeling better here because people are more friendly for russians m b, i can see where using these friends. sure. ah, for as long as proven remains in power, this couple has decided that they have to remain refugees or is begley c as the serve. say they're determined to start over here.

many serbs feel so close to russia and such a deep rooted skepticism towards the west because of their own experiences of war. 23 years ago in spring 1999 nato bombers attack serbia. following the collapse of peace talks with the serbian government, the aerial bombing was intended to stop the displacement and the murder of kosovo, albanians by serbian troops in what was then the province of kosovo. alex, a good above ich was just for when bombs fell on belgrade, the events have been seared into his memory. i have literally killed. this is what the cell is. looks like where we sheltered from the nato, arrives the formerly. no one knew what to do,

not either cuz we didn't know whether there would be an air strike or not him. if a bomb hits the building will it to lapse into the cello by the most god. how will we survive that? always? there were a lot of questions isn't talk what we just said from willhide when your question is, when is in a moment like that, what instinct triumphs of the lunch english will be chaise think that i when i went to college at the the sellers were fooling so as i recall that every one who lived in the pablo lunk was inside the nic, as well as people from other blocks who didn't have sellers left. okay, it was crowded mortal, don't people spend hours sitting on the floor every pool pool mission? sofie massapequa sat on the door. ah, ah, at 1st alexa and his family fled to the cellar every time the air raid sirens sounded, days or weeks into the bombing campaign, or they just stayed put in their apartment. oh alex's parents still lived there. yeah. his father was in ukraine for work at the time of the bombing raids. the rest

of the family in belgrade ray on the lost locked it became clear to us that the bombing would go on for a long time to sell a polish. we couldn't spend a whole spring in the cellar, yummy. there were people who did that, but i had to try to lead a normal life of what i came out of with small children. there was no question of staying there in the cellar crockett pharmacy the nato bomb struck strategic military targets. but as the campaign went on, civilian infrastructure also entered the firing line. the chinese embassy in belgrade was hit on the night of may 7th, 1999. immediately followed by the hotel yugoslavia alex as family lived in a block right between these 2 buildings. but it's just around the corner. so muslim russia are windows, look out under the chinese embassy ali the when it was hateful. i was home alone

with my young children from on that. so we fled to our neighbors on shaky their apart on local, under the hotels yugoslavia, which was then struck by a bomb to buckled little dockery underneath the rector. ema basil michael, that's my ball on the same evening for fulfilling in our neighbor's apartment. we all sheltered under the dining table to shield ourselves from flying glass and like a bed. we had no idea where to go. in the end, we just hid under the table in the summer garden. the 2nd said that is my 1st memory, looked up, but of the fear of detention. the honest throughout the sirens. finicky born bessy raina eve. and if i remember rightly as a powerful earthquake on a queuing all good omens and auto dis, just way shouted, the windows settles on its own immediate spy, living the smell of fire, the fire engines,

civils. i wouldn't wish that on any one luck. never wagner, boys nastily. elizabeth, not a new brother, portion go to india. after that night, they left serbia and joined annex as father and ukraine in safety. i saw ga sachem tranecia there, where bombs are now raining down. well, if you would like, history is repeating itself. it's awful. most. the nato intervention lasted 78 days. you can still see some signs of it in serbia to day. it's impossible to overlook the ruins of the former yugoslav defense ministry in belgrade. a 100 meters from alex as apartment behind hotel yugoslavia, the damage caused by the bomb strike is less obvious. with a truck. if you go up, there are 3 holes right through all 3 stories where the bombs dropped and then

exploded down below. a $100.00 exposure to la resentment wards, nato remained strong. it's regarded as the aggressor whose bonnet campaign led to the loss of kosovo. cockle. mister turner, co coleman bumble. what would you think of some one who's bombed ohio abra dalbert at ease, but i don't think that it was a good move missing the colloquy to his eyes, then echoed in organization that propagates freedom, democracy, and peace of democrat thing. nicole. it is an organization that is meant to protect people. ethnic can hardly justify its bombing of civilian areas, form but of the line im nikki civilian. but also the actual awfully. i'm dim nato in the way that the average ukranian condemns russia. he saw most thought at the general motors. no not older. you just create hate that lasts much longer than it takes to rebuild the ruins. saw that i had a crystal, tiffany wilcox,

or victim. the scars of war are also very visible on the headquarters of the serbian state broadcaster, journalist nino. but i you of it used to work here nowadays. he's the chairman of u. n. s. the journalists association of serbia, which stands up for the rights of journalists. a plaque lists the names of 16 employees who died in the bombing raid 23 years ago. and the word why ah, and this serbian t v did perhaps broadcasting propaganda. but it also showed the victims of nato bombings, really dead civilians, whiskey, non military target, yet, based in the end, the t v building itself was a tamela. this practice has been employed in other international conflicts. t

b stations are subjective to targeted attacks to leslie. the board during the war is on serbian territory. russia was always a loyal ally, place, and so trust has grown in the country's big brother and speaking to r. t afterwards. liliana and savoy, lego, which flicked through the foreign news channels on their television over from they see the russian news as the most reliable source of information. they learned russian at school. while the european union has banned the russian state, broadcaster r t, formerly known as russia to day, you can still watch it and serbia linda sweet joins. ashley mobiles. abilene wanted, as i said in the band, if to be well informed, you need to hear both sides. veronica, can even our children in the less can watch rush and channels like i teach, it's only western europe that's taking action that get off down. i don't understand it, it dominey,

but she asked emily where the mouth is. they are investing the equipment western media show the civilian victims of the russian bombings. while russian tv shows those killed by ukrainian troops. it's a battle to win hearts and minds to create the dominant narrative about the war suitable. so. oh, i school thought friendless, 20 years ago i saw how the war in yugoslavia was being reported on from abroad. hilda, to the overwhelming majority of t. v reports consisted of lies to be lively to la tackle basil tional mon kiran. the pictures were put in the wrong context luck. it was unimaginable. the tolbert austin is on the field. yes. back then i completely lost my trust in western media on black moves up and stumble. maybe it's just my personal opinion. so, situate, but i trust russia media more loosely because they report more objectively on and

honestly he pushed the near his wrist. russia has already won over their hearts and minds and the advocates of free speech and serbia don't think outlying russian channels as the right solution. the journalist association don't want our tea band here, may be they'll it. so it's a human right to have free media at the v. a banning media infringes on human rights. let's gabriela, dashing. a ban is only appropriate it media support terrorism you inside hatred or violate the constitution. a promotional go on in a case like that ocean you media can also be banned and democratic state license can go sima the brand new mix. in public space. symbols of close ties between serbia and russia are very prominent. with a clear pro russia election, campaign incumbent,

serbian president alexander voucher which was reelected in april oh, yoke. vela bit is a political analyst and writer. he says that the only candidate who would have one more votes than the serbian president is vladimir putin, himself skepticism towards the e. u is greater than at any time since the breakup of yugoslavia. according to the latest polls, the majority of serbs no longer want to join in last than years. ah, we could see the glorification of vladimir putin glorification of everything that russia does. ah, so i think that this is just the result of that. and this is a, and this makes a situation very difficult for serbian, or tory if his and for serbian president footage who, even if he would like to make a swift from the russia to the vest. it's going to be very difficult for him

because she created those narratives and he created that public which is strongly supporting russia. so i think that is a something that could not be changed over night threat in meal voyage has clearly been influenced by this climate of opinion by profession. he's a production manager in film and t v. but when he's between jobs, he works here to make ends meet. one look at his helmet, tells you what he feels for russia is me up with the 01 and i'll tell you straight, but i will. i support the right of the russian people to fight for their freight out of up with i have no problem with telling you that up front. i honestly think that this is a battle between christ and the anti christ on. you know, over you'll ukraine is the anti christ lane and although people say they're neo nazis got no, not you thought their anti christ, plenty fiction,

even if they were cross sony. so sony, sony castillo, antoine to christian. he says that he's come to this conclusion because he's seen a lot of videos of ukranian atrocities on his phone. was a thought if you shoot some one lying wounded on the ground in the leg and mistreat them, then you can't be a christian. when he got a christian would never do that. have you a christian would tie their legs together and take them prisoners when you, but they are mistreating people robbing the do? do have you also seen the crimes committed by russians and ukraine? oh no, i haven't. oh yes. oh, nice um won't. but it's possible that they exist for the loyal but yes, i'm you. i've also been to war and he said recently, well i know that a few people on our side did terrible things without delay. kiddos in flood. in the wars during the break up of yugoslavia, in the 19 ninety's he volunteered to fight in bosnia and kosovo. the idea of

uniting all serbs in one state was one which serbs were willing to use force to implement. but the plan failed. the bosnian serbs live today within the bosnian state and kosovo, has declared independently and he dresses is you so that in values the fact that russia has refused to recognize the independence of the break away province of kosovo. and his enthusiasm for russia is matched by his distaste for the west. beautiful also bore them. people speak about the rainbow prowl with a z that about people having the right to live the way that they want. and then the russians are suddenly cast as villains that have to be expelled is they are thrown out of theaters, what radio stations and galleries he does, and there monuments are removed. what's that about? it's hypocritical. so the only thing that i feel i left is love for russia was instilled in him from an early age. well my go to for it was my mother and father

brought me up to love russia. i would even as early, but on a healthy basis, not blindly, all the museums. i love, russian literature, art and russian hero was always. russians have died in battle for us serbs since the 19th century gal. as usual, they came to fight with the serbs in the liberation from a turkish rules over the sofa and so on. hook up a customer that wouldn't have known them that god saved putin. then there will be peace on earth in between me, that's my opinion. it may be, i'm also mistaken. pollution with them. so this is barbara good singing a russian cossacks song incidentally a which is driving home for the weekend to get ready for the game with his favorite soccer club, red star belgrade with me and my attic was i'll go get my soccer things out. so i

to read them i, what does this jersey mean to you? this, the jersey is like an oath for me and, oh that, but i'd never put my club before my name, the cool. the nation comes 1st to do and then the club. that's how it is for me some and it's not. so serbia comes 1st. and then red star belgrade. oh no, no, no. russia is in 1st place. so then serbia and then red star, bell, gray, libya. that's the order of things for me. it will always be like that in my house that will do. why, which, why is russia in 1st place? because russia is the mother of mike. mm hm. the eastern serbian city of zaya chad has been home to andre. even of since the start of the war in ukraine, he fled here from levine in western ukraine. his grandma and his sister live in z.

i a chad blue. shortly before the russian invasion, the 30 year old was warned that ukrainian men would soon no longer be allowed to cross the border. he managed to leave ukraine and continues to work as a graphic designer, a job he can do from home. and just 11 weeks he's learned to speak serbian fluently and feels settled here. but i'm also a little pub quote, lots of people. i mean here they are like are they stand for russia they are in friendship with raja and that i know what is their historical background of his friendship so but i don't find it a problem for myself because i cannot tell what other people, what they should law or that what they should and they are free people here. they

can, they can decide their friends no matter what. so it's not a problem for me at all. a local journalist who is also the wife of on that he's sister, wrote an article about him, fleeing to serbia, a val nicholas diana, which works for the independent newspaper of dana, which is critical of the government. says she, after the story was published, things turned ugly. many, all the family faced a barrage of info, the dim la strategic politics, the supposed to be honest with you, support nato's and you are not see one person righty. oh, how this if you need, let's east on it. the article caused a storm on social media mentor, and i context the whole market caribbean. shortly after the article was published in donnas, myself, my wife and andre were in sultan and cottages where people called us nazis and ourself sympathizers. chevy buckles from a separation. his will not and accused us of hushing out the rush of victims and

spreading misinformation about suppose it ukrainian woven levels, make advancing from oxy august cannot, with no shirt from. the journalist knows some of the comment writers, personally, his neighbors are among them. mil ghost ayana, which is a sports teacher by training, but he was refused employment because he was told he had the wrong political views . he set up an office in his parents home and has been riding about local, social, and political topics for the last 4 years. post a social media storm like the one unleashed by the story about andre is a new experience for him on the war. and ukraine has polarized people propaganda cannot sunny. there is quite a bit of propaganda, such as in the magazine informa the front page headline was ukraine attacks russia . the own use type is likely elo or republican. i mean, i can't believe my eyes when i read them. no one did that. my article got the

reaction that it did when i consider what kind of country i'm living in. it's not quite as him as you are here in brussels. the russian friendly tendencies in serbia are being viewed with suspicion. serbia has been an official candidate for e u membership since 2012 this expert from one brussels think tank says you can't have it both ways. is quite clear that at one point in time, serbia has to decide either it's going to wholeheartedly commit itself to the european union accession and support the european union in all issues. particularly now with regard to the sanctions against russia, which serbia does not want to join it or it goes another way or and or so this is a, a clear decision that serbia has to take and obviously since it started that excess

should a go see ations we expect them to, to follow that logically, to its conclusion. ah, ah. in april, the serbian president had a symbolic message for the country's european partners with great pomp and ceremony . he presented the militaries newly acquired and modernized equipment. it included lots of aviation hardware from russia, modernized, mig 29 jets from old russian and bellow russian stocks as well as russian helicopters through the new air defense system comes from china. it's based on the russian as 300

system. it is more or less a copy, but cheaper the u. s. had worn serbia against making the purchase. possibly good pressure from embassies from the west or the east doesn't interest me . america, americans, russians, or europeans, is all the rest don't matter to me. look was, while my decisions are made purely in the interest of the serbian republic, last or even if i am alone in the world, am i to talk with. i've been elected and over the next 5 years because i will take decision was to benefit the serbian people floors. long live serbia, threat i with me. oh, security hand list, alexander adage, says that the government symbolic gesture is a denial of political realities. serbia is a member of nato, is partnership for peace program to the dismay of the majority of serves so name of

those to completely yes, olivia has the 2 faces, easy math. one is for a domestic audience. the 2nd the media shows russian weapons. and so that the pro russian elements which dominates public opinion, god gets the impression that the purchase of russian weapons is a priority for the serbian defense of is up there. oh oh. but in reality, the majority of weapons come from western states and on nato oriented from us in m . nato. in the long term, the serbian defense industry is aiming to cooperate with the west of us at all. the components of soviet weapon systems come from the west virginia bowl. as it says, upolu, russia has long been the big brother who has stood by serbia. and here war criminals like former bosnian serb military leader, that comb luggage, or revered as heroes. since the invasion of ukraine, a new mural has been created, it's already been defaced and restored on a number of occasions. ah,

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