Russia welcomes Vuciki's election victory

The Kremlin has welcomed victory in parliamentary elections announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq.

Serbia and Russia historically have close reports, and Belgrade has not joined international sanctions imposed on Moscow due to Ukraine's unprohibited invasion.

Serbia has held extraordinary parliamentary, local and district elections Sunday.

Vuciq has declared that his party, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), has won the December 17th election, while election authorities have so far published preliminary results with 35 per cent of the votes counted.

“We welcome this achievement from Mr. Vuciq”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

He added that Moscow hopes the result will lead “to further strengthening of friendship” between the two states.

Peskov also referred to Serbia as a state “brother-in-law”.

According to preliminary results, the “election list, Alexander Vuciq Serbia, cannot stop”, has won 50.42 per cent of the vote in the parliamentary elections, meanwhile, the “list. Serbia against violence” has won 19.25 per cent. Third is the “list Ivica Daciq prime minister of Serbia” with 7.19 per cent of the vote.

Otherwise, a considerable part of Serbia's population has expressed support for Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine, expressing dissatisfaction with NATO's support coalition.

But Belgrade is also an important centre for Russians criticising Moscow's war and leaving the country.

But Serbia has condemned Russia's aggression and supported UN resolutions to condemn the war against Ukraine.

In November, Serbia's intelligence chief, Aleksandar Vulin, who visited Russia during the offensive to Ukraine, resigned, saying the reason was international pressure on Belgrade. / REL/