{"id":57222,"date":"2023-07-13T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=57222"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:45:10","slug":"russian-activist-against-war-in-ukraine-denied-entry-to-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russian-activist-against-war-in-ukraine-denied-entry-to-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian activist against war in Ukraine denied entry to Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Activist against the war in Ukraine and founder of the Russian Democratic Society Peter Nikitin told Radio Free Europe that on July 13, he was denied entry into Serbia by a decision of the Security and Information Agency (BIA).<\/p>\n<p>According to Nikitin, the border police at Belgrade\u2019s \u201cNikola Tesla\u201d airport issued a decision to prohibit his entry into Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>According to the document that prohibits his entry, it states that \u201cprotective measures for expulsion, security measures for the expulsion of foreigners, namely the prohibition of entry into Serbia\u201d are in effect against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other explanation, the police did not give me any other explanation. I will file a complaint about this. I will not move from the airport until they allow me to enter the country or forcibly deport me,\u201d Nikitin said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How did the ban come about?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Nikitin, he was stopped at the airport upon his return from his annual vacation, in the early hours of July 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround half past midnight, they confiscated my passport at passport control and told me to wait. I asked several times what was happening. Four hours later, they told me that they received an order from the Security and Information Agency (BIA) that I should not enter the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized that this is the \u201cfirst time something like this has happened\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security and Information Agency have not yet responded to questions regarding why Nikitin was denied entry into Serbia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Who is Peter Nikitin?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peter Nikitin is an anti-war activist and opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Dutch citizen but has been living in Serbia since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He has been granted permanent residency in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also have two children who are Serbian citizens. I live in Belgrade. I have nowhere else to go; my home is here, in Serbia,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Democratic Society, one of whose founders is Nikitin, is an association of the Russian diaspora in Serbia, which has enlisted tens of thousands of Russians since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Russian Democratic Society oppose the invasion of Ukraine and have organized peace rallies in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Nikitin has been targeted several times by right-wing movements and organizations due to organizing rallies in support of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nikitin was banned three days after sanctions against the director of BIA<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ban on the Russian anti-war activist at the airport came three days after the United States imposed sanctions on the director of the Security Intelligence Agency, Aleksandar Vulin.<\/p>\n<p>Among other reasons, the United States mentioned Vulin\u2019s ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The United States referred to Vulin\u2019s actions as \u201cdestabilizing, which enables Russia\u2019s malicious activities in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Vulin\u2019s party, the Socialist Movement, which is part of the coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party in power, dismissed the accusations and criticized the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 said that \u201cit is extremely important to conduct an investigation\u201d against Vulin after the United States imposed sanctions on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t notice that cocaine was found in Vulin\u2019s office, but in the White House. But I think it is extremely important to conduct an investigation,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said in his first reaction after the United States imposed sanctions on Vulin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activist against the war in Ukraine and founder of the Russian Democratic Society Peter Nikitin told Radio Free Europe that on July 13, he was denied entry into Serbia by a decision of the Security and Information Agency (BIA). According to Nikitin, the border police at Belgrade\u2019s \u201cNikola Tesla\u201d airport issued a decision to prohibit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":57223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[850,2878,243,151,284,301,285],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian activist against war in Ukraine denied entry to Serbia - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russian-activist-against-war-in-ukraine-denied-entry-to-serbia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian activist against war in Ukraine denied entry to Serbia - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Activist against the war in Ukraine and founder of the Russian Democratic Society Peter Nikitin told Radio Free Europe that on July 13, he was denied entry into Serbia by a decision of the Security and Information Agency (BIA). 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