Serbia Salutes Putin with Pompous Parade

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Serbia as the guest of honor at a military parade in Belgrade marking 70 years since the city's liberation by the Red Army from Nazi occupation. The visit, filled with pomp and seen as playing well for Putin at home, presents somewhat of a quandary for Serbia, on the one hand pursuing membership in the European Union, and on the other feeling an obligation to demonstrate reverence for a historical ally, with whom it shares its Orthodox faith and...

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