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Representatives of the Student List Party, Which Won the Elections in Serbia, Plan to Stop the Supply of Weapons Entering Ukraine

The movement says it will tackle energy dependence, Kosovo tensions and inflation after ending Aleksandar Vucic’s long rule.

  • On Sunday, The Student List movement won a historic parliamentary election victory in Belgrade, Serbia, ending the long rule of Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian Progressive Party.
  • The movement's platform shifts Serbia's growth model away from state-backed infrastructure projects toward domestic market security and labour rights. Affordable housing initiatives target young couples and teachers to curb youth exodus.
  • Economic forecasts show The IMF projects 3% growth in 2026 and 4% in 2027, while inflation reached 4.1% and the central bank maintains a 5.75% benchmark rate.
  • Relying on Gazprom for around 2.2 billion cubic metres of gas annually, the new government requires U.S. sanctions waivers to manage crude imports while the NIS oil refinery sale to Hungary's MOL proceeds.
  • Student leaders view Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia and have stated no plans to impose sanctions on Moscow; top leaders clarified there is no confirmed policy to halt weapons exports to Ukraine.
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Serbia’s future government plans to end arms exports to conflict zones, including sales to Western brokers who transfer Serbian weapons to Ukraine, leading candidates from the Student List party said after the student protest movement’s victory in parliamentary elections on October 25. The victory ended Aleksandar Vucic’s long rule and sparked mass celebrations across the country. The names of the leaders who will take over have not yet been ann…

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Serbia can stop supplying arms to Ukraine through intermediaries. The winning Student List is also against sanctions on Russia and the abandonment of its gas.

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Explainer: Serbia's new leaders face host of tough ...

(This story has been corrected to say top student leaders had not said whether a future government would halt weapons exports, in paragraph 15.) Reporting ...

·London, United Kingdom
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The “student list”, which according to the published results of the parliamentary elections in Serbia is ahead of the political power of former Serbian President Alex

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The Movement's statement states that restrictions will also apply to sales to Western brokers who hand over arms to Ukraine, as well as representatives of the Student List have stated that they do not intend to impose sanctions against Russia.

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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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