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


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  • Thursday, 13 Mar 2014

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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