President Aleksandar Vucic - populist and close to Russia - has faced months of protests and alleges a foreign coup plot.

Police fired tear gas against thousands of opponents of Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, who rallied on Saturday in Belgrade, backing up a demand for an early parliamentary election and declaring the government “illegitimate.

Police aggressively dispersed protestors at an anti-government rally in Belgrade, whereover 100,000 demonstrators gathered on June 28 to demand snap elections. The rally marks the latest mass action in a protest movement that started last fall,