Deputy Premier says Serbia encountering ‘color revolution’

(MENAFN) Serbia is confronting an attempt at a Western-orchestrated "color revolution," Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin has claimed. Speaking in Moscow on Saturday, Vulin accused foreign intelligence agencies of fueling unrest to overthrow the government, similar to Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan coup.

For months, student-led demonstrations have been taking place across Serbia, initially sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024. The unrest escalated into a massive rally in Belgrade on March 15, which led to clashes between demonstrators and police.

Vulin insisted that Western intelligence agencies were orchestrating the protests to destabilize Serbia, echoing previous claims by President Aleksandar Vucic, who accused foreign actors—including Croatian and Albanian intelligence services—of attempting to remove his government.

According to Vulin, the real motive behind the alleged foreign interference is Serbia’s strong ties with Russia and its refusal to impose sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. He warned that those behind the unrest could soon radicalize the protests further in an effort to create a "Serbian Maidan."

During his meeting with Russian National Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, Vulin praised Russia’s intelligence-sharing efforts, emphasizing that Moscow understands the threats facing Serbia. Shoigu reassured Vulin that Belgrade could always rely on Russia’s support, highlighting ongoing cooperation between the two nations in countering color revolutions.

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