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jablan | 4 years ago

Considering his god-like status in Serbia, this wouldn't be hard to pull off at all.

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Yeah, because every poor country must be like Elbonia with completely ignorant and corrupt public servants. /s

bjtitus|4 years ago

In 2016 "22% of Serbian citizens who had contact with public institutions included in research (traffic police, public health, educational system, courts - civil litigation, public services that issue official documents, departments responsible for social welfare), had paid bribe at least once in the previous year."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia

jablan|4 years ago

This would be not the first case where the rules are "bent" for the sake of Djokovic family: https://birn.rs/teniski-centar-novak-do-novih-kvadrata-uz-us... (unfortunately I couldn't find the source in English; in short, they got some premium Belgrade land, which was initially planned for a public park, for their tennis academy)

aix1|4 years ago

Serbia is ranked #94 on the Corruption Perception Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

michaelmrose|4 years ago

It's not just the Elbonians who are corrupt its all of us.