“Collective attempts by the West to destabilize the situation in the country are obvious,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marija Zakharova told state news agency RIA Novosti.
In Serbia, riot police used tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building on Sunday to protest what election observers said were voting irregularities in the last general election.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said it was a foreign-orchestrated attempt to overthrow the government.
The country’s authorities deny that the vote was rigged and call the parliamentary and local government elections fair. On Sunday, A. Vučičius stated that the claims about voting violations are obvious lies spread by the political opposition.
The results of the December 17 election showed that A. Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progress Party (SNS) won both the parliamentary and Belgrade city elections. The party’s main opponent, Serbia Against Violence, claimed it had been denied victory, especially in Belgrade.
The observer mission, made up of representatives of international election monitoring organizations, reported numerous violations, including vote-buying and people voting more than once.
The Kremlin welcomed the election results, and its spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow hopes that such results will help further strengthen relations between the countries.
The vote has sparked political tension in Serbia, a troubled Balkan country that is seeking not only closer ties with Russia but also membership of the European Union.
Serbia and Russia have historically had close ties, and Belgrade has not joined international sanctions against Moscow over its aggression in Ukraine.
However, Serbia has condemned Russia’s aggression at the United Nations and its support has caused controversy.
Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian gas.
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2024-07-23 20:44:59
