Vucic Thankful to Russian Partners for the Intel about Potential Plot To Violently Change Government in Serbia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Tokio, Sept. 15 2025 (Photo; PrintScreen YouTube)

In Tokyo on Sept. 16, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he was “thankful” to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service for “the intel” about a potential attempt to violently change the government in Serbia on the first anniversary of the collapse of a concrete canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station. He added that the Serbian security services would make “further contacts” with their Russian colleagues regarding these allegations.

Commenting on the Sept. 15 announcement by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service accusing the European Union and its members of preparing “a Maidan” in Serbia on Nov. 1, Vucic told reporters that Belgrade “always carefully analyzes the agency’s announcements, including those criticizing” the Serbian government for sending weapons to Ukraine. Vucic added that Belgrade “always provides a response to Russian partners and implements certain measures.”

“Those who have organized the color revolution will have to make a final attempt to take over power by force. I have no doubt that those who have organized the color revolution cannot simply give it up. Too much money has been invested, so they will have to make a final attempt to take over power by force. We have been long prepared for that,” Vucic noted.

Dragan Djilas, the leader of the opposition Freedom and Justice Party, on Sept. 16 said that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service “has provided full support to the Vucic regime by reinventing the story about a Maidan in Serbia.” 

In Tokyo on Sept. 16, Vucic met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, discussing, among other things, ways to as soon as possible deal with high American tariffs, which also affect Japanese investors in Serbia. Earlier, Vucic talked with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, describing the meeting as “the testimony of deep mutual respect and friendship connecting the two countries.”