Two days after an entry ban, Serbia finally allowed Russian anti-war activist Pyotr Nikitin to enter the country. Nikitin announced it Friday evening on his Facebook profile. No official reason was given for the entry ban or for its lifting. Nikitin was refused entry to Belgrade airport on Thursday night after landing there from Portugal. He published the decision of the Serbian border police on the online ban, from which no reason emerged.
He was asked to leave the country by plane, but he refused and remained in a detention center at the airport, the 42-year-old Russian said. He has been living in Serbia with a residence permit for seven years and has two children there. Nikitin founded the Anti-War Platform Russian Democratic Societywho organized numerous demonstrations in Serbia against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“There is no other explanation (for the behavior of the Border Police) than my anti-war activities within the framework of the Russian Democratic Society,” Nikitin wrote. According to Serbian media, the official action against the Russians fell to the Serbian internal secret service BIA. The United States put its boss Aleksandar Vulin on its sanctions list on Tuesday. According to the penalty notice Vulin abused his position of powerhelp Russia destabilize the Balkan countries.
Vulina is considered faithful follower by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He has had good relations with Moscow since the start of the war against Ukraine. Serbia has been negotiating EU membership since 2014. It does not support EU sanctions against warring Russia.
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