{"id":216622,"date":"2026-08-18T17:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=216622"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:51:28","slug":"if-only-you-were-a-prince-criminal-not-a-wild-balkan-man-while-the-whole-world-attacked-dokovic-vedrana-rudan-defended-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/if-only-you-were-a-prince-criminal-not-a-wild-balkan-man-while-the-whole-world-attacked-dokovic-vedrana-rudan-defended-him\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIF ONLY YOU WERE A PRINCE CRIMINAL, NOT A WILD BALKAN MAN\u201d: While the whole world attacked \u0110okovi\u0107, Vedrana Rudan defended him!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The renowned Croatian writer Vedrana Rudan died at the age of 77 after a long and serious illness. She will be remembered for her outstanding works, columns and sharp tongue that often left people speechless, but she always stood by her views \u2013 even at the cost of facing consequences because of them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also took the side of Serbian tennis player Novak \u0110okovi\u0107, who was deported from Australia in January 2022 in the now well-known case that the entire world followed for three weeks. In the end, even though \u0110okovi\u0107 was initially allowed to remain in the country and participate in the Australian Open, the minister ordered his deportation. He was treated like a criminal, held in inhumane conditions, and then escorted to the airport and sent to Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Croatian writer Vedrana Rudan commented on the situation in which the Serbian star found himself. On her blog, she published a text titled \u201cCommonwealth Australia,\u201d in which she fiercely criticized the authorities\u2019 decision to deport Novak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IPzYpLm5f6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/preminula-vedrana-rudan-poznata-knjizevnica-izgubila-tesku-zivotnu-bitku\/\">PREMINULA VEDRANA RUDAN: Poznata knji\u017eevnica izgubila te\u0161ku \u017eivotnu bitku!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201ePREMINULA VEDRANA RUDAN: Poznata knji\u017eevnica izgubila te\u0161ku \u017eivotnu bitku!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/preminula-vedrana-rudan-poznata-knjizevnica-izgubila-tesku-zivotnu-bitku\/embed\/#?secret=1NvmKzYHWr#?secret=IPzYpLm5f6\" data-secret=\"IPzYpLm5f6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How did Rudan defend Novak \u0110okovi\u0107?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She revealed what bothered her about the whole story, asked why nobody was dealing with the case of Rafael Nadal and raised the issue of a member of the royal family who would probably have been able to enter the country without any problems, despite allegations against him of sexually abusing minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know what is happening to \u0110okovi\u0107 as I write this, in the cradle of democracy. Is he in detention, in prison, hanged, released, expelled, spat upon, or simply handcuffed and put on a plane? Why am I on \u0110okovi\u0107\u2019s side even though I\u2019m a crazy vaccine enthusiast? I don\u2019t understand tennis, my only connection to tennis is Nikola Pili\u0107, our dear longtime family friend. But Nikola, Niki Pili\u0107, has always been something more than tennis. I have never met a more measured, honest, noble and honorable man in my life. Today he told me: \u2018They gave him a visa, then took his visa away. They are treating him like a criminal. It\u2019s all a political farce.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat bothers me about this story? First of all, the facts. Did \u0110okovi\u0107 get vaccinated twice? No. Did the Commonwealth of Australia insist that no one was allowed to set foot in that cradle of democracy unless they had been vaccinated twice with \u2018a certain vaccine\u2019? Yes. Did the Commonwealth of Australia contradict itself and welcome \u0110okovi\u0107 despite the fact that he did not comply with what the Commonwealth had sworn by ever since the Chinese or dear God handed us the coronavirus? Yes. Did that same Commonwealth of Australia turn a blind eye to Nadal even though he also did not comply with the established rules? Yes. Who is talking about that? It\u2019s not the same? It is the same story. It\u2019s about principle. When a country considers itself the cradle of democracy, Nadal should not be an exception either, no matter how much he is not a \u2018Balkan man,\u2019\u201d Vedrana Rudan added at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RQ2EOlESRU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/postovao-sam-njenu-hrabrost-vucic-se-oglasio-povodom-smrti-hrvatske-knjizevnice-vedrane-rudan\/\">&#8222;PO\u0160TOVAO SAM NJENU HRABROST&#8220;: Vu\u010di\u0107 se oglasio povodom smrti hrvatske knji\u017eevnice Vedrane Rudan!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201e\u201ePO\u0160TOVAO SAM NJENU HRABROST\u201c: Vu\u010di\u0107 se oglasio povodom smrti hrvatske knji\u017eevnice Vedrane Rudan!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/postovao-sam-njenu-hrabrost-vucic-se-oglasio-povodom-smrti-hrvatske-knjizevnice-vedrane-rudan\/embed\/#?secret=Y6jEDaO2r5#?secret=RQ2EOlESRU\" data-secret=\"RQ2EOlESRU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cTo you, Novak is a savage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy do I emphasize that Australia is called the Commonwealth of Australia? It\u2019s important. The head of that something currently screaming about democracy and respect for the law is Elizabeth II. That lady, whom some call the most powerful woman in the world, has a son named Andrew who has long been the world\u2019s most famous alleged sexual predator of minors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHave the leaders of Australia ever spoken out on that subject? Prince Andrew, instead of spending his days in prison alongside people like himself, sits in a palace and waits for the Australian Open. The crazy English Prime Minister Johnson recently renovated his den with money given to him by a local tycoon. The question of all questions is: does Johnson behave like a \u2018Balkan man,\u2019 or do we \u2018Balkan people,\u2019 when we are at our worst, behave like Johnson?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou think these two failures have nothing to do with \u0110okovi\u0107? They do, they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo Westerners, \u0110okovi\u0107 is a savage who needs to be shown what democracy is. The crook and the alleged rapist need neither to be shown nor proved anything. They know very well that there is no difference between their democracy and fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u0110okovi\u0107, if you were a prince, a rapist of little girls, a criminal prime minister, or a prime minister who fights for a new term by stepping over the corpse of an athlete, all roads would be open to you, all your visas would be valid. But this way&#8230; This way you are merely a symbol of those, and they are not few, who understand that the world is divided into \u2018wild Balkan people\u2019 and \u2018civilized\u2019 criminals,\u201d Croatian writer Vedrana Rudan wrote in conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/last-flight-after-a-40-year-career-captain-vesic-landed-from-chicago-into-retirement-accompanied-by-water-cannons-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LAST FLIGHT AFTER A 40-YEAR CAREER: Captain Vesi\u0107 landed from Chicago into retirement accompanied by water cannons! 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