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Socialists' Movement MP Bojan Torbica formally proposes foreign agent law in Serbian parliament at direction of Vice Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin (March-May 2024). Vulin had …

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Socialists' Movement MP Bojan Torbica formally proposes foreign agent law in Serbian parliament at direction of Vice Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin (March-May 2024). Vulin had publicly advocated for the law in multiple TV appearances from March 2024: 'Anyone who receives money from abroad is a foreign agent — like in America, we will create a list.' Parliamentary proposal calls for all foreign-funded organizations to be denied government funding and labeled foreign agents. Vulin — sanctioned by US Treasury OFAC — frames proposal using FARA equivalence despite US Embassy Sarajevo having explicitly rejected this framing in RS context. Distinct from SRB-014 (2023 draft law) and SRB-029 (2021 Šešelj authorization signal) — this is a formal 2024 parliamentary proposal invoking explicit FARA framing.
country
Serbia
date text
May 2024
entities
sources
  • citation
    Civic Initiatives "Weaponizing Influence" report, October 2024; NIN reporting May 2024
tactics
narratives
campaign ids
campaign phase
Phase 4: Institutional Operationalization
channels
  • Parliament / State TV
consequence category
Legal/Administrative
created at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
date precision
month
escalation
3
harm track
Track 1 — Legal/Administrative
id
SRB-051
institutional consequence
Legislation introduced; Chilling effect
notes
Vulin is US Treasury OFAC-sanctioned — his role as legislative champion of foreign agent law is analytically significant. Part of escalating 2024 legislative pressure sequence leading to SRB-CAMP-007 culmination.
occurred on
2024-05-01
signal ids
trigger type
TR-06: Legislative Milestone
updated at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
version
1

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