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The price of the monument to Stefan Nemanja, which is placed in front of the old train station in Belgrade, has been classified by the Serbian Government until 2023. H1 Television, however, had an idea from the customs documents, which show that ten trucks came from Russia to Belgrade with parts of the monument, for which nine million euros were paid.
The largest, heaviest, but also according to customs documents, among the most expensive, the Stefan Nemanja monument adorns the new Sava square. Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić is the address for everyone in Belgrade, except for the price of the monument.
“The city of Belgrade did not pay for the construction of the monument, and when everything is finished, the Government of Serbia will announce the price, so I am not the address for that, I am dealing with the construction of the monument and the construction of the Square.” Vesic said last month.
Everything was supposed to be finished in October, but it wasn’t. In addition, the Serbian government decided to keep the price secret until 2023, symbolically until the post-election year in the capital.
Customs documents obtained by H1 television show that ten trucks from Russia entered Serbia, with parts of the monument, which were dispatched at different prices. The lowest price is around 600 thousand euros. The prices of parts of the monument amount to more than one million euros.
The documents say in Russian that it is a bronze sculptural composition dedicated to Stefan Nemanja and that it is delivered disassembled. Year of production 2019, as if the parts were cleared by customs on July 24 of this year.
When you add up the sums listed in the customs documents, you get the price of nine million euros, which means that the monument cost Serbia at least one billion dinars, and the government is currently hiding it from citizens. from Serbia.
As we learned, the price of transport was more than 20,000 euros, and instead of workers from Serbia, it was set by the Russians, and that price is not yet known.
Hiding the price of the monument raises questions about transparency, former commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Sabic previously said.
“Our Law on the Budgetary System explicitly emphasizes that the provision of public money is transparent, because it is a public right and that, only exceptionally, when justified by reasons of defense, national security or the position of Serbia in international relations, part of this Information can be Deny … Putting the price of the monument in that context is tragicomic, ”said Sabic.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called those who tried to find out the details about the price of those who hated the monuments.
“Hey, their journalists call the smelters in Belgrade to ask how much the spill would cost, as it is not a work of art, but a spill. Do you understand what these people are doing? It is hatred towards Stefan Nemanja,” Vucic said in August.
No one has ever denied that Stefan Nemanja deserves a monument in Belgrade. It is debatable whether the price of the monument is hidden, as well as who paid at least nine million euros, be it only the citizens of Belgrade, or all the citizens of Serbia.
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