The flight with Vulin, Popović, and Bajatović was turned around over Lithuania and returned to Belgrade

This was reported by Nova. According to its data, the flight departed for Sheremetyevo at 20:48 MSK on November 3, but shortly afterward the aircraft was turned around over Lithuania; later it landed in Belgrade again, and this was noted by Vazhnyye Istorii, citing Flightradar data.

Nova writes that the order to return the plane “for security reasons” was given by the director of Belgrade airport security.

Alexander Vulin was formerly Serbia’s defense minister, interior minister, and head of counterintelligence, and in recent years held the post of deputy prime minister. In 2021, he handed his Russian counterpart a recording of a seminar organized by Andrey Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza; after that, Pivovarov was detained.

Nenad Popović is the founder of the right-wing Serbian People’s Party and the current minister without portfolio in the Serbian government. Nova writes that he is considered the richest politician in Serbia: his assets are estimated at about $100 million, a significant part of his fortune was made in business in Russia, and he owns the ABS Electro holding company, which includes enterprises in the power, nuclear and thermal energy, oil and gas, shipbuilding, and industrial sectors.

Dušan Bajatović heads the state gas supplier Srbijagas and is an honorary consul of the Russian Federation in Novi Sad.

Sources

• Novaya Gazeta Europe