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Aleksandar Vučić. A name that evokes mixed feelings in the Balkans. A man that slowly climbed the political ladder, from Minister of Information to President. In this video we talk about how he managed to rise to power and keep a stranglehold on Serbia, to the point where no amount of protests and corruption scandals...
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