Mira Markovic- The “Lady Macbeth of the Balkans” died at 76

The former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic’s widow Mira Markovic has died at her age of 76, in Russia.

Milutin Mrkonjic, a family friend of Mira had confirmed her death to the media, said bbc.

During the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Ms Markovic was a significant political figure.

Before the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, Mira was her husband’s most trusted and influential advisers.

Slobodan Milosevic died being held at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands. He was accused for genocide and other war crimes for his key role in the 1990s wars that tore the Balkans apart.

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