#Ristić has actively participated in pro-#Kremlin events. In Dec 2024, he was a main speaker at an event by “Doctors and Parents for Science and Ethics,” (man there’s a lot of irony in that name) a Serbian anti-vaxxer #conspiracy group.

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#Ristić hasn’t hidden his close ties to #Russian politicians. In Aug 2024, he visited #Russia with the group “We – Power of the People” to meet State #Duma members Sergey Glazyev and Sergey Baburin. Glazyev was one of the funders of the pro-#kremlin protests in #Ukraine in 2014.

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As UB’s vice-rector for international activities, #Ristić has been pressured to cut ties with #Russian institutions. But this hasn’t stopped him – he still attended the #Kremlin-backed Nevsky Forum in June 2024.

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Ratko #Ristić is a professor at the University of Belgrade (UB), working in the Faculty of Forestry. His expertise in forestry has apparently made him a “geopolitical expert,” and he’s well known in #Serbian media for his staunch anti-Western, revisionist views.

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