Nikola Simić is a priest of the Šumadija Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. By participating in public protests against lithium extraction in Serbia, as well as appearing at student protests in Serbia in 2024/25, he has attracted public attention (particularly from the media of the United Media Group). While he has been known for his conflict with the Šumadija Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, he has also gained notoriety for spreading an anti-Western, pro-Putin Russian disinformation narrative…
For instance, at the March 26, 2025, event named “The Patriarchate of Constantinople as a Political Instrument: The Destructive Activities of Patriarch Bartholomew,” organized by the Center for Geostrategic Studies, he, along with other known propagandists, spread a well-known anti-Western, pro-Putin disinformation narrative supporting Russian aggression against Ukraine and opposing the newly autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine:
