Protest marches in Serbia’s capital Belgrade and a northern city have seen tens of thousands of people respond to a call from university and high school students to strike as part of a monthslong struggle against corruption in the Balkan country.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić admitted Monday that Belgrade made a mistake by supporting the UN resolution concerning Ukraine that day. Moments later, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova addressed them in their native language.

The former mayor of Niš, the president of the Obrenovac municipality – who was also the former director of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) – the former official of the Secretariat for Legalisation in Belgrade,

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, speaking about the riots that the opposition caused in the Parliament today, said that it was bullying and hooligan behavior and that he is seeking criminal-legal responsibility for it.

Since December, students from 65 of the country’s 80 faculties have been on strike. Schools are also on strike, and at major demonstrations, farmers have blocked main roads with dozens of tractors.

Vučić’s political career is rooted in ultranationalism and hooliganism. He supported, if not incited, the atrocities of the Yugoslav wars. Though he publicly renounced his past views in 2008 and broadcast his support for Serbia’s EU membership, his rise to power was fuelled by nothing else.

The workers of two private security companies at the Belgrade Assembly beat up citizens gathered in front of the building with chains, steel cables, batons, and umbrellas. The police witnessed the entire event without intervening and,

Thousands of protestors walked 300 kilometers on March 1 from Belgrade to the southern city of Nis to rally support for an anti-corruption protest that took aim at the ruling party. Serbia's Russia-friendly President Aleksandar Vucic has often used a Kremlin playbook to discredit the protests that occasionally rise in a country balancing between Russia and the West.

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Serbian opposition lawmakers started a riot inside parliament after throwing smoke and stun grenades in protest of the current government.