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Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’
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NYT World
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Andrew Higgins and Alisa Dogramadzieva
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7 Sep 2026 · 13:38 UTC
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Authoritarian Governance
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1 min read
Summary
State-controlled media and government apparatus actively rehabilitate a convicted war criminal through coordinated propaganda, exemplifying authoritarian control of public narrative and institutional capture.
Serbs lining up to pay tribute to the former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday.
state propaganda
government control of media
glorification of war crimes
authoritarian governance
information control
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