Srbska akcija is one of the most recognized contemporary neo-Nazi movements in Serbia. It has formed a youth division called Zborska omladina. The group ended up in several annual reports of the German intelligence services in Saxony state relating to ties between German and Serbian far-rightists, as BIRN previously reported, and is also blacklisted by Facebook as an extremist organization.
Srbska akcija member Filip Gajić was detained in Belgrade for a month in 2014 for spreading hate and discrimination against the Roma population. The Higher Prosecutor’s Office later dismissed charges after Gajić paid 80,000 dinars (680 euros) for humanitarian purposes.
At around the same time, the flag of Srbska akcija was identified among the militia groups fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine. Their then members, Stefan Hadži Antonović and Stefan Simić, were among pro-Russian forces, according to the Center for Research of Signs of Crimes against the National Security of Ukraine, Peace, Humanity and International Law – Myrotvorets. In 2022, Srbska akcija activists, including one named as Aleksandar Užarević, went to Russia and visited the premises and shooting range of the Imperial Legion, a militant unit of the Russian Imperial Movement, designated as a terrorist organization by the US.
Members of Srbska akcija were also part of a big gathering of right-wing groups at the Serbia-Kosovo border crossing Jarinje during a period of increased tensions in 2022 between Belgrade and Pristina. Also there were individuals from far-right Kormilo, paramilitary Narodne patrole and neo-Nazi moto club MC Srbi.
Srbska akcija is also one of the main organizers of an annual memorial for the World War Two Serbian Nazi collaborator, General Milan Nedic. This event attracts far-right activists from all over the spectrum. At a rally in 2018, some people gave Nazi salutes.
The organization is internationally well connected. It has ties with the Romanian New Right, the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, and with Polish nationalists. In 2021, they supported an action by the ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade. They were also engaged in actions with the American neo-Nazi and white supremacist Robert Rundo during a stay in Serbia. Alongside Monarhisticki klub Carostavnik and Srpski nacionalni front, Srbska akcija hosted representatives of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany at a conference called “Europe of Free Nations”.
The group’s ideology is a hybrid of neo-Nazism and Christian nationalism. At its core are the ideas and politics of Dimitrije Ljotić, leader of the Yugoslav fascist movement Zbor, and Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović, who was a controversial Serbian Orthodox bishop. They tick all the neo-fascist and ultra-nationalist boxes: anti-NATO, anti-migrant, anti-LGBT+, anti-feminist and anti-communist; they are against abortion, pro-Russian and call for the national unity of all Serbs.
To be on this list, an organisation must be authoritarian (anti-democratic), nativist (favouring one ethnic group over others) and have at least one other trait characteristic of extreme-right groups. Below is evidence used for their inclusion.Please see our methodology section for more details.
In order for a group of people to progress spiritually, culturally, economically and in every other way, it must be set up as an organized community with a clear division of labour among its members. However, in that situation, negligent or conscious bad behaviour and the irresponsibility of one member of the community often causes great damage to the entire community, which is why there must be a head who will suppress harmful actions or even remove every member who causes harm from the community.
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Their members have participated in numerous far-right gatherings and organized street events commemorating collaborators with the occupiers from World War Two, such as Milan Nedic, head of the collaborationist government, and the fascist ideologue Dimitrije Ljotic who founded the Serbian Volunteer Corps military formation, which, under the command of the German Wehrmacht, fought against Yugoslav partisans.
Members of Srbska akcija have fought in Ukraine, as well as visited the premises and shooting range of the extreme right-wing paramilitary formation, the Russian Imperial Legion, which the US designated as a terrorist organization.