Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
Summary
Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement, a shift PBS NewsHour calls seismic. Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, had governed with virtually absolute power for 14 years and denounced the movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him. The Straits Times reports that opponents saw him as an increasingly authoritarian figure leading a government accused of endemic corruption. The BBC reports that in just under two years the students tore up 14 years of political dominance under Vucic, and ABC News describes him as a populist leader who outplayed all opponents until the students came.
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PBS NewsHour
Source ↗PBS NewsHour reports that Vucic conceded defeat to the student-led movement in what it calls a seismic political shift, after he had led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reports that Vucic, Serbia's veteran ruler, was felled by the student-led movement, and that opponents saw him as an increasingly authoritarian figure leading a government accused of endemic corruption.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that in just under two years the students succeeded in tearing up 14 years of political dominance under Aleksandar Vucic.
ABC News
Source ↗ABC News reports that populist leader Aleksandar Vucic dominated Serbian politics for 14 years, and that he outplayed all opponents until the students came.
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