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"This is an unprecedented result, even those who know Russian politics are surprised. The Russians voted in the election in a sovereign manner - they want a strong state, a strong president, they do not want anybody from the outside to lecture them, they want a strong economy... all that Putin has accomplished," Popovic told Prva TV.

BELGRADE - Academician Vladimir Kostic was elected chairman of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) on Tuesday.

Kostic won majority support in a secret voting held at a session of the SANU Assembly.

ZAGREB- Milorad Pupovac, leader of the Serb National Council in Croatia, said on Saturday that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has broken the ice in relations between Croatia and Serbia with his decision to attend the inauguration of new Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic thereby making an important step for the continuation of the political dialogue.

BELGRADE- The 11th European Feature Documentary Film Festival Magnificent 7 opened in Belgrade on Friday, with festival director and founder Zoran Popovic, selector Tue Steen Mueller from Denmark and film director Oeke Hoogendijk from the Netherlands wishing the audience a warm welcome.

Vladimir ‘Beba’ Popovic, the former information chief for the Serbian government, said on Sunday that the two premiers have controlling influence over Pink TV and tabloid Informer in their respective countries.

“Vucic here [in Serbia] has TV Pink,” Popovic told the B92 show ‘Impression of the Week’.

"Serbia always stood with Russia, must do so now"

BELGRADE -- Vice-President of the opposition DSS party Nenad Popović has said that Serbia "must in no way take part in EU's policy against Russia."

Popović made the statement on Friday after a meeting with Valery Ryazanskiy, a member of the Presidency of the General Council of the ruling United Russia party.