Student door‑to‑door campaign and new pro‑Russia party enter Serbia’s early parliamentary race

University students have launched a grassroots door‑to‑door effort under the banner of the Student List, saying they are confronting what they describe as entrenched corruption and media control by the Serbian Progressive Party. The activists travel in six regional caravans, reaching towns such as Požarevac, Boževac and other villages, handing out campaign material and listening to residents’ stories of joblessness and frustration.

They claim most encounters are positive, though some locals dismiss the visitors. At the same time, a new party called Serbian‑Russian Unity, headed by Smederevo café proprietor and powerlifting champion Rade Savić, has been announced, promoting deeper cooperation with Russia, a halt to EU accession talks, the restoration of Kosovo and traditional family values. Observers note that “phantom lists” often appear shortly before elections to fragment opposition votes, and the party joins a field of eighteen parties, two of which present themselves as Russian‑aligned.