Color revolution in Serbia?

On October 25, 2026, extraordinary parliamentary elections were held in Serbia. The ruling Serbian Progressive Party of Aleksandar Vučić, which had been in power for 14 years, won 104 out of 250 seats in parliament. The student protest movement "Student List" took 138 seats. The protests that led to this result had continued for almost two years.

Bojan Vulin, coordinator of SOVINTER in Europe and the Mediterranean and chairman of the Committee on International Cooperation of the "Movement of Socialists" party, assesses the outcome differently than Western media: he sees in what happened a "color revolution" that had been sponsored from abroad for many years, rather than merely a democratic transfer of power.

"These elections showed that the previous government governed Serbia as a truly democratic country and upheld the highest electoral standards."

"We believe that Western intelligence services, certain European governments, and European Union institutions played an important role in the events that led to such election results."

"The so-called Student List, which, in our view, includes not a single student and consists mainly of people from the former government and liberal globalist political circles, comes as no surprise to us."

In the opinion of Comrade Bojan, the anarchically organized "Student List" has been making every effort over the past week to deal with its opponents even at the cost of destroying Serbia's most important institutions — for example, attempting to seize, decapitate, and ban the broadcasting of a number of media outlets, and forcing law enforcement agencies and courts to hand down politically motivated verdicts within tight deadlines.

"Raids on media outlets and institutions, threats against political opponents, demands for arrests and lustration, pressure on local authorities, attacks on national and religious symbols, as well as uncertainty in the banking sector, have marked the first week after the parliamentary elections. Instead of the promised democracy and rule of law, Serbia has faced a new wave of political repression and institutional upheaval."

"Seven days after the elections, Serbia has not achieved political calm. Instead, it has entered a new phase of conflict, in which trust in institutions, the safety of citizens, freedom of the media, economic stability, and the country's foreign policy orientation have become the central issues shaping its future."

Political persecution has already affected Aleksandar Vulin of the "Movement of Socialists," who was traveling to Moscow for negotiations concerning Serbia's gas program. Media outlets of the "Student List" accused him of corruption, spread unreliable information claiming that the politician had failed to pass inspection at the airport, and presented his departure as the "flight of an unscrupulous politician" from the country. At night, his plane was turned back for a repeated inspection. It is noteworthy that the media reported the change in the plane's course even before the official order to turn back was issued. Despite all the difficulties, Comrade Vulin arrived in Moscow this morning.

"What we are talking about is real terror being carried out by the list that won the elections, which has not even formed a government and has not formally come to power."

"After all the inspections carried out, it turned out that there were no grounds for organizing such a spectacle. We regard what happened as a classic act of political terror, aimed at the failed attempt to arrest Aleksandar Vulin, the intimidation of political dissidents, and the discrediting of Vulin as a potential presidential candidate capable of standing up to the new authorities.

Thanks to the timely coverage of events by Serbia's only opposition and most popular television channel — TV Informer — the citizens of the country were able to learn the truth about what was happening and watch Aleksandar Vulin's address live.

At the same time, it must be especially emphasized that the new authorities are precisely now taking steps aimed at legislatively banning the activities of TV Informer.

Despite the political persecution and the witch hunt staged in the press, the "Movement of Socialists," our fraternal organization and co-founder of SOVINTER, is not losing heart and will officially participate in the presidential elections.

"Our chairman Aleksandar Vulin has already announced that he will run for president of Serbia in the upcoming presidential elections."