A citizen of Serbia who, on the orders of Russia, organized operations in an attempt to destabilize France and Germany, by inciting religious and ethnic hatred, was identified in the SPC temple in Moscow, BIRN writes.
The Balkan Research Network of Serbia (BIRN) announced today that it has identified and located in Moscow Momcilo Gajić, known as Pop, the alleged fugitive leader Serbian group that tried to incite hatred and social tensions in Paris and Berlin with incidents at the behest of the Kremlin.
According to BIRN, Gajić was photographed in the temple Serbian Orthodox Church in the center of Moscow during the liturgy for Saint Sava, on January 27, 2026, writes BIRN.
In the verdicts obtained by BIRN, it is stated that Gajić and an unidentified person under the code name "Hunter" received orders, instructions and financial resources from intelligence services of the Russian Federation.
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The two are suspected of having assembled a group of at least 13 people, mostly men, who traveled to Paris and Berlin last spring and fall. There they organized four operations in an attempt to destabilize France and Germany by inciting religious and ethnic hatred.
In September last year, Serbian police arrested 11 members of the group - all except Gajić and "Hunter". Three members of the group were previously arrested in France.
It is not clear when or how Gajić left the country, nor if a warrant has been issued for him, and BIRN has not been able to get in touch with Gajić via phone numbers known to the newsroom.
The verdicts against three convicted perpetrators who entered into plea agreements, first reported by Radio Free Europe, reveal that the group's first action was organized in Paris in April 2025, ahead of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. According to the judgments, Gajić hired one of the alleged participants - Bogdan Đinović - to recruit the team, provided money for all travel expenses, and 500 euros for each participant.
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A month later, Gajić secured the money for another trip to Paris. This time the group was tasked with sprinkling green paint on Jewish religious buildings, the Holocaust Museum and Jewish restaurants.
In July, the group's activities were moved to Berlin where, according to the verdicts, Gajić hired the group to set up five plastic skeletons cast in concrete, in plastic buckets with messages in German: "I'm still waiting for my pension. Thank you, Merc." The skeletons are placed in front of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The group took the photos again and sent them to Gajić. This time he was with them in Berlin, overseeing the operation from a car parked nearby. The fee was again 1.000 euros.
Gajic awaited the group in France, secured the funds and ordered them to place pig heads on mosques across Paris, with politicians' names and the words "September 10" written on them. It was the date when mass protests against the government's austerity measures were expected in France. The fee was increased again - for this operation, the perpetrators received 1.500 euros each.
Gajić escaped arrest, and the BIRN investigation located him in a Serbian Orthodox church in Moscow in January. He was photographed next to the head of the church, Bishop Stefan. The bishop, who studied in Moscow in the early 2000s, was filmed leading Putin through the temple, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić remained in the background.
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