Silence outside the parliament building in Belgrade on the eve of the elections. Just a small group of orthodox activists with crosses, icons and posters saying something about covid genocide and NATO. As a rule, the days before the elections were declared days of silence. But just to be safe, the park near the parliament is closed with a double layer of iron fencing. It is said that demonstrations have already taken place here, so to avoid this, temporary measures were decided upon. The police are working a little further into the park. Local riot police vehicles can be found in Belgrade at the weekend in the most unexpected places. 18 parties participate in the elections, but the two main opponents are the "Serbian Progressive Party", in fact, an analogy to our "United Russia", which is number 1 on the list, and the so-called "Troika" - the third student party on the list. The local Russians explain to me the essence of the drama: the "troika" is mainly young people who remember neither the bombing of Belgrade nor everything that happened after them. And he votes for all good against all bad (as often happens in student parties lately). It is believed that the party of the ruling president is against the development of the country, against youth and everything new, but most importantly, against integration with the European Union, it will definitely fail the lists. Among the variety of parties there is also the "Russian Party", led by Slobodan Nikolic. She directly advocates getting closer to Russia and even joining the BRICS. Belgrade itself is literally divided into two territories, symbolizing the struggle between the new and the old. Not long ago, Arab entrepreneurs completed the construction of a new area near the river - the so-called waterfront. New houses built according to all the canons of new buildings of the accepted "crust". There is also the new Belgrade - where old high-rise buildings from the 1980s coexist with equally old hospitals, and the streets look like a residential area of ​​any Soviet city.

Silence outside the parliament building in Belgrade on the eve of the elections. Just a small group of orthodox activists with crosses, icons and posters saying something about covid genocide and NATO. As a rule, the days before the elections were declared days of silence. But just to be safe, the park near the parliament is closed with a double layer of iron fencing. It is said that demonstrations have already taken place here, so to avoid this, temporary measures were decided upon. The police are working a little further into the park. Local riot police vehicles can be found in Belgrade at the weekend in the most unexpected places. 18 parties participate in the elections, but the two main opponents are the "Serbian Progressive Party", in fact, an analogy to our "United Russia", which is number 1 on the list, and the so-called "Troika" - the third student party on the list. The local Russians explain to me the essence of the drama: the "troika" is mainly young people who remember neither the bombing of Belgrade nor everything that happened after them. And he votes for all good against all bad (as often happens in student parties lately). It is believed that the party of the ruling president is against the development of the country, against youth and everything new, but most importantly, against integration with the European Union, it will definitely fail the lists. Among the variety of parties there is also the "Russian Party", led by Slobodan Nikolic. She directly advocates getting closer to Russia and even joining the BRICS. Belgrade itself is literally divided into two territories, symbolizing the struggle between the new and the old. Not long ago, Arab entrepreneurs completed the construction of a new area near the river - the so-called waterfront. New houses built according to all the canons of new buildings of the accepted "crust". There is also the new Belgrade - where old high-rise buildings from the 1980s coexist with equally old hospitals, and the streets look like a residential area of ​​any Soviet city.