{"id":"ACT-SRB-061","name":"Legitimizer Network (academic/expert cover infrastructure)","country":"Serbia","entity_id":674,"description":{"notes":"STRUCTURAL ENABLER — serves multiple campaigns over time. Documented by CRTA/Istinomer Feb 2026 as institutionalized propaganda infrastructure. Key finding: \"spokespeople and tabloids generate noise, but it is the legitimizers who supply meaning.\" These actors do not originate narratives — they legitimize them through academic and professional authority. Appear on Informer, Pink, RTS as guests — monitored via channel tracking rather than individual social media. Not tracked individually by DisInt.ai — captured through outlet monitoring. Represents standing structural enabler: para-formations simulating independent expert opinion.","country":"Serbia","website":"","actor_id":"ACT-SRB-061","case_ids":"SRB-068","actor_name":"Legitimizer Network (academic/expert cover infrastructure)","actor_type":"Diffuse institutional suppression — multiple actors","campaign_ids":"SRB-CAMP-003; SRB-CAMP-006; SRB-CAMP-007; SRB-CAMP-012","actor_category":"GONGO","role_in_campaigns":"STRUCTURAL ENABLER — collective entry. 23 academics, analysts, lawyers, and commentators providing expert and pseudo-independent cover for regime narratives. Primary function: transform political messaging into \"rational and moral justification\" — \"the regime invests most heavily in those who appear expert and neutral.\" Named members (CRTA/Istinomer study Feb 2026): Čedomir Antić (historian), Vladan Petrov (constitutional law), Vladimir Vuletić (sociologist), Milan Petričković (analyst), Miroslav Bjegović (security analyst), Ognjen Karanović (analyst), Mario Spasić (analyst/commentator), Ilija Kajtez (security expert), Darko Obradović (analyst), Stevica Deđanski (expert), Dejan Lisica (analyst), Milana Vuković (expert), Nebojša Krstić (media analyst), Nebojša Obrknežev (analyst), Ivana Vučićević (expert), Marko Matić (analyst), Branko Babić (expert), Predrag Azdejković (analyst), Toma Fila (lawyer), Aleksandar Jerković (expert), Oliver Jakšić (analyst), Dejan Antić (expert), Valentina Arsić Arsenijević (expert).","x_/_twitter_handle":"","youtube_channel_/_url":""},"entity_type":"Diffuse institutional suppression — multiple actors","original_id":"ACT-SRB-061"}