Momir Stojanović - Knowledge (XXG)

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and the northern part of Montenegro. He added that the strategic goal of these extremist groups was to create an independent Muslim state in the Balkans. Stojanović also said that agents from Serbia and Montenegro had infiltrated the "leadership of the separatist movement" and the "leadership of the

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and domestic laws on the protection of citizens during the Kosovo War. He rejected the accusations, saying, "I have never in my military career breached the Geneva Convention or the domestic norms on the protection of times of armed conflict." He added that Kondić's letter had erroneously identified

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Stojanović announced in December 2003 that Serbia and Montenegro's VSB would be replaced by a new entity called the Military Security Agency (VBA), falling under the authority of the civilian ministry of defence. The new organization was established on 1 January 2004 with Stojanović in the role of

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and was re-elected when the list won a landslide victory with 158 out of 250 mandates. In the 2014–16 term, he served as president of the assembly's security services control committee. In this capacity, he encouraged the reform and rationalization of Serbia's intelligence services, with new

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accused Stojanović of "sull the reputation of an entire region" by not presenting specific information about the alleged terrorist groups. Perhaps the most damaging criticism, however, came from Montenegrin officials. Blagoje Grahovac described Stojanović's claims about Islamist extremist

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and was elected when the list won seventy-three mandates. The Progressives and Socialists subsequently formed a coalition government, and Stojanović served as part of its parliamentary majority. He also appeared in the fourth position on the SNS's list for Niš in the

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During his second term in the national assembly, Stojanović was also a member of the defence and internal affairs committee and the committee on Kosovo and Metohija, a member of Serbia's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the

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terrorist organizations" within Kosovo. He subsequently elaborated that the VBA was monitoring these groups with reference to their involvement in paramilitary organization and the illegal arms trade and their actions toward the

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paramilitary organization was active in Kosovo, Montenegro, western Macedonia, and Albania. He also stated that Albanian paramilitaries were planning for the possibility of an attack on the predominantly Serb community

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On 25 March 2003, the Serbia and Montenegro Supreme Defence Council appointed Stojanović as head of the country's Military Security Service (VSB), in which capacity he was responsible to the general staff of the

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indicated that he had been fired for making unauthorized statements about agents in Kosovo. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of major-general and reassigned as the main commander of the army's

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integrated agencies for intelligence, counter-intelligence, and fight against organized crime. In May 2015, he said that Serbia's main security threat was the realization of the "

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Stojanović's claims were widely criticized. The Albanian and Macedonian governments rejected the suggestion that Al-Qaeda was active on their territories, and the

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him as head of operations for the Priština Corps during the Kosovo War and accused him of issuing orders for which he was not and could not have been responsible.

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For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See

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Izborna Lista (Grupa Građana, "General Momir Stojanović–Advokat Srđan Aleksić–Iskreno Za Niš"), Lokalni Izbori 2016, Election Commission, City of Niš.

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Corps. He was mandated to retire from the military in 2005; eight years later, he won a lawsuit against the state for illegal retirement.

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Stojanović later left the SPS and, in 2010, joined the Progressive Party. He was given the sixty-fifth position on the party's

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director; he indicated that the agency's main goal would be the fight against domestic and international terrorism and

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In June 2019, he stated that Serbia's approach to surveillance and data harvesting was chaotic and in need of reform.

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travel ban. He was appointed as head of the operational department of the Priština Corps Command on 15 May 2002.

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Stojanović remains a frequent commentator on security issues in the Serbian media. In 2021, he said that former

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for assembly representation. Stojanović also ran for re-election to the Niš city assembly at the head of the

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called on Stojanović to substantiate his claims about extremist groups in their area, and federal minister

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Stojanović made a number of controversial statements in early 2004. He claimed that representatives of

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and was re-elected when the list won three mandates. He formally left the SNS later in the year.

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Stojanović entered political life after leaving the military. He initially joined the far-right

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Stojanović was, in fact, dismissed from office on 27 May 2004. Serbia and Montenegro president

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was not personally responsible for illegal activities by his department in the wiretapping of

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and the surrounding area) in the context of defending its interests in the north of Kosovo.

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Corps from 1993 to 1996 and as head of security from 1996 to 1999. In May 1999, during the

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infiltration of the region as "a scandal of international proportions," and Montenegrin

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In late 2013, Stojanović was one of two candidates nominated for director of Serbia's

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Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

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Stojanović has been accused on different occasions of committing war crimes in the

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Serbia: Sandzak party asks army spy chief to back up 'disturbing accusations',"

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Jovana Gec, "Chief of military intelligence claims al-Qaida active in Kosovo,"

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in the event that Kosovo did not achieve independence via diplomatic means.

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Tatjana Aleksić, "Predstavljena nova predizborna koalicija – Narodni blok"

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N. Latković, "Generalu u penziji i poslaniku SNS država plaća 30.000 evra"

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of the late 1990s. He has consistently rejected the accusations as false.

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Eve-Ann Prentice and Michael Evans, "These men must reveal the truth,"

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orientation were active within Serbia and Montenegro, including in the

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He was promoted to the twenty-sixth position on the SNS list in the

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He appeared in the second position on the coalition's list. See

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after receiving the second position on the Socialist Party's

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said that he would seek Stojanović's dismissal from office.

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issued a public letter accusing Stojanović of breaching the

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decision to form a court to adjudicate war crimes by the

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and was re-elected when the list won seventeen mandates.

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United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

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Stojanović served as deputy head of security for the

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