In a book whose title translates as 'The New World. Serbia, Russia, China the future has begun' that he presented in Belgrade earlier this month, Krsljanin sketches a view of the world that has found sympathy in large swaths of the Serbian population. It includes lines such as: 'Like Christ, Russia is conducting a war to save the world' and 'The only two possibilities are Russia's victory or the annihilation of humanity.'
The recent opening of a new natural gas pipeline from Bulgaria to Serbia gives an indication of the impact of the misinformation. The pipeline will give access to gas from Azerbaijan from next year, and Serbia, which has EU candidate status, received 75 million ($82 million) from the bloc to contribute to the 85 million in construction costs. Some 50 million were a donation, the rest consisted of low-interest loans. But this information was barely reported in the Serbian media, with state broadcaster RTS even claiming that the gas was coming from Russia.
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