Activists of the Citizens' Association "Eastern Alternative" of Republika Srpska put up a billboard in the centre of Bratunac with an image and birthday greeting to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. The billboard, they say, was put up to meet Putin's birthday on October 7.

Association President Vojin Pavlovic told SRNA news agency that they congratulated the Russian President on his birthday with the wish to “defeat the evil that has gripped the world and persevere in the fight against Western fascism and the enslavement of freedom-loving peoples.”

“In anticipation of his birthday, on October 7, we congratulate the greatest man of today,” said Pavlovic.

The large billboard says “7. October, happy birthday, our dear president, live long and be healthy!”.

In March of last year, the aforementioned association held a rally in support of Russia and Vladimir Putin, and on several occasions, they put up posters of Ratko Mladic. The Statute of this association states that they are against the European Union and cooperation with NATO. They support cooperation with Russia, China “and all countries sympathetic to the Serb people”, Bljesakinfo writes.