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Pro-Russia Serbs protest in Belgrade to support Russia and against NATO

Protestors attend a protest against the Serbian authorities for voting to suspend Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council in Belgrade, Serbia, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic

Thousands of Serbs waving Russian and Serbian flags and carrying pictures of President Vladimir Putin marched through Belgrade to the Russian embassy on Friday, to protest Serbia's government bid to distance itself from Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.

Throngs of people, many from ultranationalist organizations, joined the march from the city center to the nearby Russian embassy, where they fired signal flares, played Russian and Serbian anthems and hailed the two countries as brotherly nations.

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