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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tom Burgis in Belgrade

Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business

Vucic in close-up, with Trump, Kushner and Trump Jr pictured behind him
The alleged scheme to override the protected status of a historic building in the Serbian capital looms over an election scheduled for 25 October. Composite: Guardian Design/PA/EPA/AP/Getty Images

Serbia’s authoritarian ruler personally intervened to advance an allegedly illegal scheme to hand over a protected site in Belgrade for a Trump tower, the Guardian can reveal.

Aleksandar Vučić summoned officials to a meeting at his presidential offices about the project, which has culminated in a landmark indictment of senior figures from his regime on charges of abuse of public office.

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