Far-right politics in Serbia

Far right in Serbia mostly focuses on national and religious factors and it refers to any manifestation of far-right politics in the Republic of Serbia.

Political parties

Active

• Serbian Radical Party,[1] (right-wing to far-right) — Ultranationalist, irredentist, hard eurosceptic and russophilic political party led by convicted war criminal Vojislav Šešelj. Its won 8.10% of parliamentary popular vote at the 2016 parliamentary election.
• Dveri (right-wing to far-right) — Nationalist, right-wing populist, eurosceptic and anti-immigration political party led by Boško Obradović. They are a member of Alliance for Serbia and they are also boycotting the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
• Serbian Party Oathkeepers (far-right) — Ultranationalist, national-conservative, russophilic and anti-NATO political party that is currently participating in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
• The "Serbian Right" (far-right) — Ultranationalist, anti-immigration and russophilic political party, in close relationship with the SNS-led regime in Serbia. They are currently participating in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
• People's Freedom Movement (right-wing to far-right) — Nationalist, right-wing populist, hard eurosceptic and anti-immigration political party, participating in the 2020 parliamentary election within the right-wing "National bloc" list.
• The Leviathan Movement (far-right) — Ultranationalist, anti-immigration and neo-fascist political subject,[2][3] identifies as animal rights organization, participating in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.

Defunct

• Party of Serbian Unity (far-right) — Nationalist and irredentist political party founded by Serbian paramilitary leader and criminal Željko Ražnatović Arkan, merged into Serbian Radical Party in 2007.

Organizations

Active

• 1389 Movement — Ultranationalist, clero-fascist, irredentist, anti-NATO, hard eurosceptic and russophilic youth movement based on the Russian Nashi, founded in 2004.
• Serbian National Movement 1389 — Ultranationalist political movement, split from the 1389 Movement in 2008.
• Serbian Action ("Srbska akcija") — an Orthodox clero-fascist and ultranationalist political organization, founded in 2010.
• Obraz — Ultranationalist, clero-fascist and russophilic political organization founded in 1993. The organization is constitutionally banned but only 2 years after the organization registered itself under a name "Srpski Obraz".
• Srbska Čast ("Serbian honor") — Ultranationalist, russophilic, irredentist, islamophobic and paramilitary organization.
• The "Ravna Gora Chetnik Movement" — Ultranationalist, irredentist and islamophobic movement.
• "I live for Serbia" movement — Ultranationalist, anti-vaccination and anti-immigration political organization.

Defunct

• Tsar Lazar Guard — former ultranationalist and paramilitary organization.
• Nacionalni stroj ("National Alignment") — was a Neo-Nazi political organization based in the Vojvodina province. It had orchestrated several incidents since 2005. In late 2005, charges were pressed against 18 of the leading members in Novi Sad, and each of the suspects were facing up to eight years in prison.[4] It was banned in Serbia in 2012.[5]

Footnotes

1. Michael Minkenberg (15 April 2014). Historical Legacies and the Radical Right in Post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe. Columbia University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-8382-6124-9.
2. "Ljubitelji životinja koji vređaju žrtve fašista - šta je, zapravo, Levijatan?". N1. May 20, 2020.
3. "Pavle Bihali je spojio nemoguće, jevrejsko poreklo i nacističke simbole". NOVA portal. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
4. "Nacionalni stroj" pred sudom, BBC Serbian.com, January 9, 2006
5. "Tempirane bombe mržnje". Novosti (in Croatian) (633). February 4, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012.