Security and information agency not doing his job. Or, maybe it still works? Because in the era Aleksandar Vučić, the BIA's job became spying on the opposition and critics, working for the party and its own pockets.
"Vreme" writes about this in the new issue, which will hit newsstands on Thursday (September 10).
"First reaction – anger"
Jovana Gligorijević writes about the eavesdropping of prominent students as they prepare to go to the polls. Israeli malware Pegasus it's installed on their phones.
"I am not indifferent to the fact that someone can see, hear or photograph me, but my first reaction was anger," Milica, a student whose phone was attacked by spyware, told Vreme.
"I think it is even incomprehensible to such a layer of people that something can work without blackmail, without bribery, but only with pure will, desire and enthusiasm to succeed in our fight," she says.
And the judiciary is at play.
Vojkan Kostić writes a great analysis on the use of BIA. When he becomes interested in someone, Vremena's sources claim, through his "sleepers in the media or political parties, he releases some accusation, usually that so-and-so cooperates with the secret services of another country, that he is a traitor, a foreign mercenary, and the like."
"Based on that, the necessary permission to monitor communications is obtained from the prosecutor, which then provides legal cover for spying of all kinds," he writes.
Russian disguise
Nemanja Rujević writes about how the traces of Russian hybrid strikes in Europe are increasingly leading to Serbia. Serbia is already being publicly written about as a hub for recruiting and training "disposable agents", small-time criminals or idlers who carry out diversions for small money, and the Russians don't really care if they fall into the hands of the police.
"It is cheap and easy to recruit poor people in Serbia," Predrag Petrović from the Belgrade Center for Security Policy told Vreme. However, he is convinced that all actions have at least the tacit consent of the authorities of Aleksandar Vučić.
Read all articles on this topic in the new "Vremen" from Thursday (September 10) or subscribe to the print or digital edition.
