The company Telecom will initiate criminal proceedings against the media that published the "audio recording of the alleged conversation" between the CEOs of Telekom Srbija Vladimir Lučić and United groups Sten Miller, Lucic said in a press release.
Lučić stated that an insight into the aforementioned audio recording was requested "before publication, in order to determine its authenticity."
"Since that did not happen, criminal proceedings will be initiated against the media that published it for causing reputational damage, and additionally the court will be asked to determine the authenticity of the video," Lučić said in a statement.
Lučić also emphasized that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić "never requested the dismissal of Aleksandra Subotic or anyone from United Group or United Media", Lučić said.
"I have known the new director of the United Group, Stan Miller, for almost two months, and it is not a secret that the talks were held as partners who participated in the acquisition by which Telekom Srbija bought a part of the United Group," says Lučić.
"No one dared to influence the editorial policy of the media"
The statement says that an insight into the operations of the NET TV platform, which Telekom became the owner of in 2025, found that there was a "fictitious contract by which the company owned by Aleksandra Subotic extracted millions of euros from NET TV since 2013."
"Due to these suspicions, an investigation will be launched before the competent authorities, non-compensation of damages will be requested, first of all to Telekom Srbija, and to the United group if they want to join the prosecution, since fictitious contracts have existed for the last 12 years," says Lučić.
The announcement emphasizes that neither Telekom Srbija nor the United Group were able to determine "from which formal capacity Aleksandra Subotic derives the authority to lead the operations of this company in Serbia since there is no official decision on her appointment as a director of this company."
"In the conversation with Mr. Miller, there was no mention of the media owned by the United Group, nor would anyone dare to influence the editorial policy of those media," says Lučić.
Source: FoNet