BELGRADE, Serbia — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday versus lithium mining in Serbia, regardlessof authorities’ cautions of their declared plot to fall populist President Aleksandar Vučić and his federalgovernment.
Vučić stated earlier he hadactually been tipped off by Russian intelligence services that a “mass discontent and a coup” were being ready in Serbia by undefined Western powers that desire to oust him from power.
The crowd shouted: “There will be no mining” and “Treason, treason.”
After one of the greatest demonstrations in downtown Belgrade in years ended, some individuals in the crowd marched towards the capital’s 2 primary train stations, vowing to block train traffic till their needs that lithium mining be formally prohibited are satisfied.
Government authorities and state-controlled media haveactually introduced a significant project versus the rally, comparing it to the Maidan uprising in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, that led to the falling of the nation’s then pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych in2013 Organizers of the Belgrade demonstration have stated the demonstration would be serene.
“Our rally today is eco-friendly and has no political aspirations, however the federalgovernment hasactually implicated us of lookingfor to phase a coup,” star Svetlana Bojković stated.
“We came here today to raise our voice versus something that is beyond politics,” she stated.
The presentation came after weeks of demonstrations in lots of cities throughout Serbia versus a federalgovernment strategy to enable lithium mining in a rich farming valley in