{"id":11204,"date":"2024-03-01T09:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2024-03-01T09:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:32:41","slug":"serbs-will-never-leave-russias-side-declares-republika-srpska-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/europe\/russia\/serbs-will-never-leave-russias-side-declares-republika-srpska-president\/2024\/03\/01\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbs will never leave Russia\u2019s side, declares Republika Srpska president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW(TASS)- In an exclusive interview with TASS, Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik declared that the Serbs will always remain loyal to the Russians, no matter what the situation or the Western views are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dodik said, &#8220;Serbs will never abandon Russians. This strong bond annoys the West, who think that Serbs should be punished. Even if Russia makes mistakes, Serbs will not change their support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FpKZop2WcAE_XUR.jpg\" alt=\"MFA Russia \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa on X: &quot;\ud83d\udcac#Zakharova: On February 23, we will mark 1\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3  years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Serbia. \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 We highly  value the high level of our relations and\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dodik stressed the deep ties between the two nations, based on their common Orthodox Christian faith, political values, love for their land, patriotism, and freedom-seeking spirit. He mentioned their shared history of facing challenges while keeping their identity intact, such as their language, culture, and script.<\/p>\n<p>Dodik highlighted the constant friendship between Serbs and Russians, from the young to the old, shown in their cheering during international sports. He commented, &#8220;When Serbs watch international sports, they root for Serbia, and then for Russia. This feeling stays the same, across generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW(TASS)- In an exclusive interview with TASS, Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik declared that the Serbs will always remain loyal to the Russians, no matter what the situation or the Western views are. &nbsp; Dodik said, &#8220;Serbs will never abandon Russians. This strong bond annoys the West, who think that Serbs should be punished. Even [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2480],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Serbs.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11207,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204\/revisions\/11207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}