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Originally Posted by worth
Dispatch 5 & 6 from Vice.
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Just for some context though, there are actually only 5 Serbian militiamen there doing this and they certainly aren't there promoting Serbian interests. These are their version of hillbillies. Not that Serbs and Russians don't have a long standing cultural alliance, because they do, but I doubt there is much desire in Belgrade to become involved in something like this. On the street level, there might be and there would likely be more volunteers if war did break out, but at a policy level, probably not.
Serbia has their own issues with Kosovo which would be complicated if they recognized a referendum of independence in another country by a national minority in an autonomous area where they are a slight majority. I imagine the leaders in Serbia are cringing at the thought of these 5 guys making the news.