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Kosovo and Serbia's Past and Present (2)

author:Shiguan fungus

The book continues from the first part, and then we look at Yugoslavia after Tito's death.

Tito dies and goes to division

Tito is a world figure, Tito has won a total of 21 awards and medals in Yugoslavia, and 98 medals awarded by 59 other countries, many of which are the highest honors of other countries, which shows Tito's world influence.

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People holding up Tito's portrait

However, Tito died in Ljubljana in 1980 at the age of 88. As a result, the FRY lost its most authoritative and cohesive leader.

Before Tito's bones were cold, "people of insight" in Yugoslavia began to stir up and engage in separatist acts.

No matter how big the contradiction, Tito can be calmed when he is alive. Many potential ethnic contradictions are also pressed because of him. But the basic principles of philosophy tell us that contradictions cannot be eliminated and that sooner or later they will erupt.

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Tito

After Tito's death, the "concrete" of the Yugoslavs was gone, the republics of Yugoslavia, which had lost their backbone, began to shake automatically, the house leaked and rained overnight, and in the 80s of the 20th century, there was an economic downturn, and Yugoslavia could not escape.

As mentioned earlier, in order to achieve absolute equality, Tito gave the republics a lot of economic decision-making power, which led to the fact that after encountering an economic crisis, the republics began to distrust the "macro-control and planned economy", and formulated their own economic policies, and the separatist factors slowly grew.

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Tito to Stalin

When the republics hold the economic power, they naturally harden their backs.

Another relatively big contradiction is Greater Serbism. Serbs want more power, and relatively, the power of other nationalities will decrease, which is unacceptable for other peoples who actively seek national power.

In January 1990, Slovenia and Croatia withdrew from the Union, Yugoslavia began to collapse, and the republics began to seek independence.

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Status quo in the former Yugoslavia

Soon, the republics either voted or went to war until 1992, with the establishment of the Republic of Yugoslavia, and Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) was completely divided.

The contradictions were irreconcilable, and the Kosovo war broke out

Kosovo would have been an autonomous province of the Republic of Yugoslavia, so let you be self-governing, not your independence. At the international level, Kosovo's independence movement has received Albanian support, thus accelerating the process of independence.

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Kosovo War

At this time, the United States, which has the title of world policeman, saw the opportunity and led a group of NATO junior brothers to hi. NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, led by the United States, and is not so much an international organization as a tool for the United States to wage foreign wars.

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it was divided into five countries, of which Montenegro and Serbia jointly established the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", referred to as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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Fighter

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adheres to the socialist road, and it is a country that still adheres to the socialist regime in Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which is a must be eliminated for the anti-socialist United States. Such a huge size as the USSR can be subverted, not to mention a small FRY.

In 1999, the United States, led its NATO brother, to brazenly bomb the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Forcibly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. This Yugoslav Federation's own family affair is now a sideways step in by the United States.

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NATO bombed the FRY

For Serbia and Kosovo, the Kosovo War is essentially a lonely fight, Kosovo has not really become independent because of this war, and the FRY has not subjugated Kosovo, everything is still chaotic.

After the Kosovo War, Russia was completely squeezed out of its original circle of influence in Eastern Europe, and the United States was the real winner of this war.

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Depleted uranium ammunition was used in the Kosovo War

As for the details of the Kosovo War, I won't talk about it here, you old iron may be more familiar than me. However, here, Xiaoshi must mention the fact that the mainland embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was bombed by the United States on May 8, 1999 (Beijing time), which is still a pain for the Chinese people.

The embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was bombed by the United States

On May 8, 1999 (Beijing time), the US-led NATO forces used the world's most advanced B-2 stealth bomber to bomb the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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The embassy before the bombing

At about 23:45 on 7 May 1999 Belgrade time, the US B-2 stealth bomber dropped five bombs from different angles, four of which exploded, killing Shao Yunhuan and Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying on the spot.

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Embassy after the bombing

An embassy of a country is like the overseas territory of that country, and attacking an embassy is an invasion of the territory of another country. Soon, the news spread back to China, and the Chinese people were angry, and for a while, the crowd marched in the streets and began to besiege the embassies of NATO and other countries.

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Demonstrations by the masses

Not only the countrymen were angry, but the Ministry of Defense was also ready for war. But in the end, our country still did not make a move. In this incident, the United States compensated the martyrs $4.5 million and the mainland damaged embassy for more than $10 million. And the mainland has also compensated the embassies of NATO countries damaged during the demonstrations.

Kosovo's eventual "independence"

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Beginning at the end of 1943, after constant negotiations, violent "defiances", demonstrations, and even war, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in February 2008.

This is not something to be praised or promoted, and for Serbia it is a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State. To this day, Serbia still claims sovereignty over Kosovo.

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Location in Kosovo

So why does Kosovo keep thinking about independence?

This is because, in Kosovo, 90% of the population is ethnic Albanian, and they also want to be treated like the Republic of Albania and become an independent and autonomous state.

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cartoon

After Kosovo's independence, it has not been universally recognized by the whole world, and it is a "black household".

This is the love and killing between Serbia and Kosovo.

Think about it, how can any person or organization that splits the country and undermines sovereignty be internationally recognized? What do you think, old irons?

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