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Slobodan Milosevic rode out massive waves of protests against his government during the winter of 1996 to 1997.
After three months of protests, Milosevic finally caved in, returning the so-called "stolen elections" to the opposition.
But not long afterwards, the coalition movement, Zajedno, or "Together", broke up amid reciprocal accusations of betrayal and collaboration with Milosevic.
In July 1997 Milosevic was elected as Yugoslav President by the federal parliament, which was controlled by his supporters.