BELGRADE, January 16. / TASS /. Serbian President Aleksander Vucic said he considered it a special honor to receive the Order of Alexander Nevsky personally from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Since his father bequeathed him an alliance with the Golden Horde, it was necessary for Saint Alexander Nevsky to hold fast to it in order to avert a new devastation of Russia. Sartak, the son of Batu ...

Putin also sent a congratulatory telegram to his Belarusian counterpart in connecting with the birthday and signed a decree awarding the Alexander Nevsky Order to Lukashenko, the press service said.