By the time of the Balkan wars, many of Kusturica's countrymen had come to regard "Yugoslavia" as a code word for Serbian domination.

Serbia, which initially tried to hold the group together, has also withdrawn, in part because of its neighbors' long-standing fear of Serbian domination.

But the majority of Croats, fearing Serbian domination, fell under the spell of narrow nationalists demanding a separate Croatian state.

Indeed, Serbian domination during two decades of royal rule brings back even darker memories than the more than four decades of Serb-dominated communism.

In response to perceived Serbian domination over Montenegro, the Greens initiated several revolts in the 1920s.

Citing Serbian domination, secessionist Croats and Slovenes seek to break away.

But it is still possible to free your country from Serbian and Croatian domination as you want.

Over the last four years he has schemed to impose Serbian domination - and his own - on federal Yugoslavia.

There is an attempt to impose on them by force either Serbian domination or a Greater Serbia enlarged with territory seized from its neighbors.

His assertiveness has aroused fears of Serbian domination over other republics.