At 10pm we will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, serbia the russia dilemma. There is something strange happening in serbia. A Shadow Hanging over the balkan nation. Rumours of the Wagner Mercenary group recruiting. Russian propaganda spreading. Symbols of war being sold as souvenirs. Do you get a lot of people buying these . Yeah, is the most selling t shirt. The biggest seller . We sell that t shirt, and this z, most of them. Everything we sell, these two is amazing. Biggest seller. And it is everywhere. Rising out of the serbian countryside, green and gold domes a physical monument to russian influence. They call this putins church. Inside, a double headed eagle, a russian flag, and for sale, just under a pound, key rings bearing a z, the symbol of russias invasion of ukraine. Weve come to belgrade to try and unravel the mystery as to why so many people here support russias invasion of ukraine. It is thought that more than 70 backed moscow over than 70 backed mos
nearly 16,000 people, left millions homeless and sparked a huge relief effort. and a qatari consortium has submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. you re watching bbc news. now its time for serbia: the russia dilemma. there is something strange happening in serbia. a shadow hanging over the balkan nation. rumours of the wagner mercenary group recruiting. russian propaganda spreading. symbols of war being sold as souvenirs. do you get a lot of people buying these? yeah, is the most selling t shirt. the biggest seller? we sell that t shirt, and this z, most of them. everything we sell, these two is amazing. biggest seller. and it is everywhere. rising out of the serbian countryside, green and gold domes a physical monument to russian influence. they call this putin s church. inside, a double headed eagle, a russian flag, and for sale, jus
at 10pm we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, serbia: the russia dilemma. there is something strange happening in serbia. a shadow hanging over the balkan nation. rumours of the wagner mercenary group recruiting. russian propaganda spreading. symbols of war being sold as souvenirs. do you get a lot of people buying these? yeah, is the most selling t shirt. the biggest seller? we sell that t shirt, and this z, most of them. everything we sell, these two is amazing. biggest seller. and it is everywhere. rising out of the serbian countryside, green and gold domes a physical monument to russian influence. they call this putin s church. inside, a double headed eagle, a russian flag, and for sale, just under a pound, key rings bearing a z, the symbol of russia s invasion of ukraine. we ve come to belgrade to try and unravel the mystery as to why so many people here support russia s invasion of ukraine. it is thought that more than 70% backed moscow over tha
it is thought that more than 70% backed moscow over kyiv. there are many competing ideas. we won t forgive you our murdered childrens. it is like you put a drug dealer among the children, and then do nothing. russian side was never. in the history do anything wrong to serbian people. they will weaponise anything they can. if they had a chess set these days, they would through the pieces at you. tens of thousands of ukrainians have arrived here since the war started. many more russians. often opponents of the putin regime. they have not always found the arrival easy. iurii fled russia, and maria ukraine, because of the invasion. but it soon caught up with them, painted on the front door of their apartment block. here you can see it.
what is interesting is that iurii and maria say the people that attacked them were not russians, but locals. there is a battle for hearts and minds taking place on the streets of belgrade, with competing influences from within and without, and one seems to be winning. there is no doubt that russia has an increasing influence on serbian society. on its people and its politics. but where does it come from? is it legitimate interest? is it political interference? or is it, as some people suggest, something more nefarious, a form of infiltration? vlado stanic s devotion to russia