The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has disinformed claiming that the European Union is behind the “unrest in Serbia” involving young people and that the anniversary of the canopy collapse on November 1 will be used to end the “Serbian Maidan.”
The SVR made these claims in a statement on its official website, writes n1.
Among other things, the SVR claimed that young people were “moving from peaceful protests to ‘revolutionary’ methods of war and violence.”
The intelligence agency responsible for espionage activities outside Russia added that the tried-and-tested scenario of a “color revolution” in Serbia was not producing the expected results. The main reasons for this were patriotic sentiments and the influence of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
What did the SVR say?
The current unrest in Serbia, in which young people are also actively participating, is largely the result of subversive activities by the European Union and its member states. The goal of the European liberal mainstream is to bring a leadership loyal to Brussels to power in this largest Balkan country.
Analysis:
The claims by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that the European Union is behind the “unrest in Serbia” are not new.
Russia has used similar strategies in other countries to discredit civil protests by portraying them as manipulated by the West in order to reinforce the anti-EU and anti-NATO narrative and bind Serbia, which is not completely oriented towards the West, closer to itself.
EU calls a Russian propaganda claims that the West instigated protests in Serbia
Such claims are part of a hybrid war that includes propaganda, disinformation, and political influence.
On the other hand, there is no evidence that the EU was directly involved in the protests in Serbia; on the contrary, it (the EU) has criticized the violence and supported dialogue and reforms.
The protests in Serbia began in November last year, initially to demand accountability for the collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad, Serbia, and continued for months to show dissatisfaction with Aleksandar Vučić’s government.
Conclusion:
This SVR statement is a typical example of Russian state disinformation aimed at legitimizing Moscow’s narrative that Russia is protecting the “sovereignty” of friendly countries from Western interference./The Geopost/
RTS disinforms about Kosovo: Drone Production in the realm of marketing and 3D Design 
Lavrov disinforms, claims that the West is aiming for war against Moscow 
Regular KFOR exercise misinterpreted by serbian media 
Vučević manipulates facts: Kurti is threatening with weapons and trying to ignite the region 
Serbian media disinforms about Kosovo’s military investments: Dangerous sensationalism and manipulation of information 
Brnabic disinforms: The canopy in Novi Sad collapsed as the start of a color revolution