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🇷🇸 SERBIA. Wow! A student-led coalition spent 2 yrs protesting corruption. They created a diverse list of parliamentary candidates who ousted the far-right autocratic party of 14 yrs. The Student List won 53% of the vote. 140 of 250 seats. Pollsters say 67% turnout was the highest since 1992! 🧵

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Two years in the street, then 140 seats. Vucic had the media, the money and Moscow's backing, and still lost the count. Same lesson Kyiv keeps teaching: a bought elite can hold power, it cant hold legitimacy.

🇷🇸 DEMOCRACY IS CONTAGIOUS! This surprise shift in Serbia is a lot like the ousting of Orbán. Serbia, too, had a Strongman leader for over a decade. Aleksandar Vučić was endorsed by Putin & his far-right party was autocratic & illiberal. Serbian Voters have turned a page on Serbia's history!! ✊🏻

The turnout is the real headline. 67 percent, highest since 1992, is voters deciding the count wouldnt be done for them this time. Vucic had the media and the money and still couldnt hold a bought electorate. Moscow lost its cheapest Balkan mic.