On November 6, 2014, the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provisionally released Serbian ultranationalist and alleged war criminal Vojislav Seselj from prison. Despite suffering from metastasized colon cancer and the pressures of an inconclusive eleven-year long trial, Seselj’s return to Serbia has been dramatic and highly controversial. Nine days after his release, Seselj’s calls for solidarity with Putin’s Russia and scathing criticisms of President Nikolic’s involvement in EU membership negotiations drew 10,000 supporters to downtown Belgrade. Even more alarmingly, Seselj attacked the very foundations of Serbian democracy by claiming he would try to topple the government …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
