Four yers after he was documented to be leading a "volunteer" troop fighting on the side of Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, ultra-nationalist Bratislav Živković has finally been arrested by Serbian police.
It is unclear why it took Serbian police four years to arrest Živković, given that he was interviewed in occupied Ukraine by virtually ever major international news outlet in the world. dw.com/en/serbian-mer…
Recall also that in November 2017, Ukraine's Amb to Serbia accused Belgrade of willfully turning a blind eye to the hundreds of "volunteers" who had joined Russian occupation forces in the Donbass & Crimea. balkaninsight.com/en/article/rus…
While relations between the two have since thawed somewhat, as @Marien__R reported in Dec. 2017, there's no dearth of evidence that Serbian nationals remain integrated into Russian (ir)regular forces, including the famed Wagner Group. balkaninsight.com/en/article/fac…
Related, Bosnia's intelligence services have blocked entry into BiH of Zakhar Prilepin, a far-right Russian writer affiliated w bizarre National Bolshevik Party. He was to attend a "literary function" in Banja Luka. Part of growing @SNSDDodik - RUS links. klix.ba/vijesti/bih/ru…
In reality tho, Prilepin is no mere writer, which is why the OSA blocked his entry to Bosnia. He is a militant who founded his own battalion in occupied Ukraine last yr. Given existing Russian-trained paramilitaries in Balkans, this is further escalation. dw.com/en/russia-writ…
If there was any doubt that the militant Prilepin was to visit Banja Luka for political purposes, Dodik's outrage at his banning by OSA clinches it. Keep in mind Russia's FM Lavrov is due to visit BiH in a few weeks as well. klix.ba/vijesti/bih/do…
The Russian embassy in Sarajevo is now demanding clarification as to why the militant Prilepin was barred from entry into Bosnia. In other words, confirming Moscow’s direct role in dispatching provocateurs to BiH. klix.ba/vijesti/bih/am…
