In October 2026, the Serbian Progressive Party lost power after 14 years in power. History is cyclical, because at the end of the 19th century, the first Serbian "Nefradanjaki" also modernized on a large scale, built railways with the involvement of foreign capital and focused on Europe.
Viktor Bobrov draws a parallel between the two eras, recalls the high-profile infrastructure scams of the days of King Milan Obranović and explains why the loss of power by the progressives in 1887 turned into a bloody massacre, which Serbia miraculously managed to avoid today.