March 3, 2025. Russian Soft-Power Example on Serbian Media

Primer pro-ruske meke moći na medijima u Srbiji: često se kroz prizmu tzv. "humanitarne pomoći" ona širi među građanima. U ovom konkretnom slučaju dvojica mladih ljudi na svom "humanitarnom" hodočašću između manastira Srpske pravoslavne crkve Žiča u Srbiji i Ostrog u Crnoj Gori promovišu sledeće motive:
- Slavljenje jednog od ubijenog napadača u terorističkom napadu kod manastria Banjska na Kosovu 24. septembra 2023. godine
- Nošenje zastave ruske pravoslave vojske koja je jedan od simbola ruske agresije na Ukrajinu
- Nošenje zastava Nema predaje koja simbolizuje nacional-revizionistički narativ protiv Kosova kreiran od Vlade Republike Srbije tokom poslednjih 12 godina
Za više informacija o ovom konkretnom primeru širenja pro-ruske propagandne meke moći videti:
- https://nova.rs/emisije/humano-pesacenje-od-zice-do-ostroga-strahinja-boskovic-i-andrija-bogicevic/
- https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/srbija-danas/5653751/350-kilometara-nade---strahinja-i-andrija-pesace-za-malu-kraljevcanku.html
- https://informer.rs/drustvo/srbija/993420/mia-tomic-hodocasce-ostrog

An example of pro-Russian soft power in the media in Serbia: it is often spread among citizens through the prism of so-called “humanitarian aid.” In this specific case, two young people, during their “humanitarian” pilgrimage between the monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church—Žiča in Serbia and Ostrog in Montenegro—promote the following motifs:

  • Celebrating one of the killed attackers in the terrorist attack near the Banjska monastery in Kosovo on September 24, 2023
  • Carrying the flag of the Russian Orthodox Army, which is one of the symbols of Russian aggression against Ukraine
  • Displaying the “No Surrender” flags, which symbolize the national-revisionist narrative against Kosovo, crafted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia over the past 12 years

For more information on this specific case of spreading pro-Russian propaganda through soft power, see:

– https://nova.rs/emisije/humano-pesacenje-od-zice-do-ostroga-strahinja-boskovic-i-andrija-bogicevic/
– https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/srbija-danas/5653751/350-kilometara-nade—strahinja-i-andrija-pesace-za-malu-kraljevcanku.html
– https://informer.rs/drustvo/srbija/993420/mia-tomic-hodocasce-ostrog