On December 24, local time, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to oppose the election results, and the ** event quickly turned into violent clashes.
According to Reuters, Ivica Ivkovic, the chief of the police of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, announced the results of the investigation into the ** event on the 25th, saying that ** detained 38 violent attackers, and another 8 police officers were injured, two of whom were seriously injured.
According to TASS 25**, for the riot, Russian spokeswoman Zakharova believes that the first behind the scenes is Western countries. "It is obvious that the collective West is trying to stir up the situation in the country by using the (clichéd) 'Maidana-style coup' method," she said. ”
Zakharova stressed that the only viable way to deal with the situation is to strictly abide by the constitution and spirit of the country, respecting the choice of those Serbian people who voted for the interests of the country.
This follows the outbreak of Maidan Mild** in late 2013, which turned into the scene of bloody clashes, in which more than 100 people, including police, were killed and hundreds injured. At that time, Yanukovych fled, and the opposition came to power to build a new one. Subsequently, Crimea declared independence in a referendum, and armed armed conflicts broke out in eastern Ukraine. Years of instability have put significant human** and economic pressure on the Ukrainian population.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Bossan-Kharchenko revealed after talks with Serbian ** Vučić that the latter has irrefutable evidence about Western incitement in Serbia.
Speaking on the Russia-24 channel, Kharchenko said: "The opposition has launched a campaign that has been agitated and supported from the outside. Vučić spoke about this, and I cannot go into detail here, because this is credible information, and he has irrefutable material that incitement and support come from the West. ”
He noted that all the dissatisfaction and attempts to destabilize the Vučić regime are primarily associated with his firm position of not participating in anti-Russian sanctions.
Later on the day of the 24th riots, Vučić said that it was an attempted "color revolution" and thanked the "foreign intelligence services" for providing information to the Serbian side in advance. The Serbian Prime Minister said that the "foreign country" to which Vučić was referring was Russia. "Today there is an attempt to seize the ...... State institutions by forceThose who have sworn against violence have shown that they are the real **, Vučić noted that "no revolution is going on, nothing will go their way" and that Serbia is capable enough to "protect democracy".
On December 24, 2023 local time, in Belgrade, Serbia, opposition supporters launched an attack to ** elect the results of the parliamentary elections, and the police guarded the parliament building.
According to the report, the demonstrators who participated in the riots on the 24th were composed of the Serbian "Anti-Violence Alliance" (SPN) and its supporters, and their main demand was to oppose the election results.
In May this year, two large-scale ** cases occurred in Belgrade in succession, after which Serbian leftist parties, Greens and centrist parties formed a coalition of opposition parties, known as the "Anti-Violence Alliance", against the ruling party led by Vučić (Serbian Progressive Party)**On December 17, Serbia held elections for the National Assembly, and the results showed that the Serbian Progressive Party won an "absolute victory".
Since the end of the election, the Anti-Violence Coalition and its supporters have held daily demonstrations to challenge the "election unfairness". On the evening of the 24th, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Belgrade, and a large number of demonstrators gathered in front of the city hall.
Some also broke the glass doors and windows of the town hall and, around 10 p.m. that night, used pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators. Demonstrators threw stones at the police and asked them to leave and "stand with the people."
*Scene. At a press conference on the 25th, Ivković said that the police were attacked for three hours, with demonstrators throwing torches, sticks and stones at the police, and that "violent attempts to break into the city council lasted from 18:55 to 21:50, and violent demonstrators used all means to attack the police."
He stressed that the police did not attack anyone, but took coercive measures in accordance with the law.
We will continue to work to maintain peace and order, and it is expected that there will be more people involved. Ivkovic said.
Referring to the events that may continue, Ivković warned against any institution and public officials that violence should not be carried out, and that "any form of violence, blocking of traffic, etc., which causes disturbances and disrupts the normal life of citizens, will not be tolerated."
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