Milosevic-era minister shakes off dark past on path to power in Serbia


Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic speaks to his supporters during a rally in Belgrade March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE (Reuters) - When state television captured Serbia's deputy prime minister wading into snowdrifts this winter to rescue a boy from a stranded car, it was one dramatic act too far for some sceptical Serbs.

Photo-shopped pictures of Aleksandar Vucic - dressed in superman underpants and cape, head superimposed onto the bulging green body of the Incredible Hulk, bare-chested astride a horse à la Vladimir Putin - went viral.

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