Aleksandar Vulin, the principal emissary of Russian interests in the Balkans and the right-hand man of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, has resigned from his position as head of the Security and Information Agency (BIA), one of the most influential institutions in Serbia, according to BGNES's report from Belgrade.
This year on July 11, Vulin, who is the director of Serbia's Security and Information Agency, was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
These corrupt deals facilitate Russia's malicious activities in Serbia and the region, according to a statement released by the ministry on its official website in July. "The decision underscores the determination of the United States to hold accountable those involved in corrupt dealings that support their own political agendas and personal interests at the expense of peace and stability in the Western Balkans."
The statement "the US and the EU want his head as a precondition not to impose sanctions on Serbia" was made by Vucic's main ally. "Blackmail and pressure are not the reason for me, but I will not allow myself to be the source of such things against Serbia and the Serbian community. In a statement, he stated, "For this reason, I am submitting my irreversible resignation from the position of BIA director."
Vulin went on to say that the penalties placed on him are evidence of his steadfast efforts to keep the Serbs united.
"But the introduction of sanctions against Serbia, for which my leadership of the BIA would have been used, will be proof of my selfishness," he said.
Today, the director of the BIA declared that Serbia and its president, Aleksandar Vucic, are having to deal with "threats and blackmail that can only be compared to the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum of 1914." and the start of the First World War as a result.
As Vulin put it in remarks after his resignation, "We are being asked to recognize Kosovo, leave the Republic of Serbia, and cease to be a sovereign state and nation by imposing sanctions on the Russian Federation." If we agree to do so, the next demand will be the expulsion of Chinese investments, unconditional technological and economic dependence on the West, as well as continued political and territorial disintegration of Serbia and acceptance of Western values, in which there is no place for the traditional family and nation and ultimately for social justice.
The "hypocritical statements of the representatives of the USA and the EU," the BIA director said, "will swear that they did not even want to impose sanctions on Serbia," will be the first sign, he claimed, of the decision's soundness.
Vulin went on to say that while his retirement "will slow down new demands and blackmail," it would not alter US and EU policies against Serbia.
"They didn't get sanctions against Russia, they didn't get Serbian recognition of Kosovo, but they got one Serbian head." Vulin declared, "I refuse to give up politics of military neutrality and brotherhood with Russia and China. I refuse to become part of the anti-Russian and anti-Serbian hysteria for any position. I refuse to stop caring about the Republic of Serbia and its survival. I refuse to stop believing in the inevitability of the unification of the Serbs and the creation of a Serbian world."
As he pointed out, he demonstrated that Serbia and the Serbian people are worthy of every sacrifice, therefore in his opinion, this is a minor win for the US and the EU but a major win for him.
"My sacrifice is small compared to the size of the sanctuaries I protect," he said.
Vulin requested that President Vucic "remain the president of all Serbs, the last free leader in Europe, for the pride of the whole nation" and thanked him for the chance to "protect the Serbs and Serbia."
"I hope that in these elections we will fight together for a free Serbia," he said. BGNES
