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Tens of thousands protest against Rio Tinto lithium mining in Serbia
People hold banners reading, "We Won't Give up Jadar!" and march during a protest against pollution and the exploitation of a lithium mine in the country in Belgrade, Serbia, August 10, 2024. Jadar is a farming valley in western Serbia that holds one of E
TENS of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday against lithium mining in Serbia as officials claimed it was part of a plot to topple populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government.
Mr Vucic said he had been tipped off by Russian intelligence services that “mass unrest and a coup” were being promoted by unspecified Western powers that wish to oust him from power.
Officials and state-controlled media launched a major campaign against the rally, comparing it to the Maidan uprising in Ukraine’s capital Kiev, which led to the toppling of the country’s pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych in 2013.
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