Presidential Poll Highlights Pivotal Moment in Serbian History

U.S. Newswire, January, 2008

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Laura Osio, of the Cato Institute, 1-202-789-5200, losio@cato.org

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Tomislay Nikolic, the nationalist challenger who favors Russia, won the first round of the Serbian presidential election with 40 percent of the vote. His opponent, pro-Western President Boris Tadic, also opposes Kosovos independence. The strong turnout highlights this pivotal moment in Serbias history as it stands between Russia and the West and faces the possible loss of its historic heartland Kosovo.

Stanley Kober, Cato Institute research fellow in foreign policy studies and author of Cracks in the Foundation: NATO's New Troubles, comments:

In Serbia's presidential election, which was characterized by a high...

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