Serbia’s Vučić Thanks Russian Intel for Alleged EU ‘Maidan’ Plot Evidence

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, speaking during a visit to Japan, thanked Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) for the evidence they had provided that the European Union was plotting to stage a Ukrainian-type “Maidan” revolution in the Balkan republic with the aim of “bringing to power a leadership obedient and loyal to Brussels.”

Vučić said he had instructed Serbia’s special services to contact their Russian counterparts for more information, adding he had passed “a thank you to our Russian partners for the information.”

“Our service will contact them for further coordination. We will save, protect and guard Serbia against danger,” Vučić said.

He added that Serbia is reviewing all information from Moscow, including SVR reports and Kremlin criticism of Belgrade’s arms supplies to Kyiv.

Protests have continued in Serbia since November 2024, when the collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad killed 15 people – a tragedy protesters blamed on corruption and official negligence.

The SVR’s Sept. 15 announcement suggested the EU was stirring up the protestors, intending to spark a “Serbian Maidan” to coincide with the anniversary of the tragedy to destabilize the situation in the country.

According to the independent Russian news site The Insider, much of the SVR “evidence” was based on European funding that was being “given to supposedly [Serbian] independent media,” listing a dozen outlets that were supposedly receiving “secret funding” from pro-democracy Western European NGOs and other sources.

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In fact, as The Insider pointed out, most, if not all, news sites openly publish details of the level of funding and its source on their websites.

The SVR statement comes as internal debates on Serbia’s foreign policy intensify, as the country tries to balance its relationship with the EU and the wider West while maintaining its traditionally close ties with Russia.