An investigation by Radio Free Europe (RSE) has uncovered a highly concentrated network of Kremlin-aligned political entities operating out of a single private apartment in Belgrade’s historic Dorćol neighborhood.
The dynamic registry reveals a cluster of six distinct pro-Russian organizations—including a newly minted Russian minority political party, three citizen associations, and two foundations—all sharing the exact same residential address.
The network is managed by former top-tier executives of the right-wing Serbian People’s Party (SNP), previously led by Nenada Popović, a sitting minister in the Serbian government currently blacklisted on Washington’s sanctions registry for his intimate financial and political ties to the Kremlin.
1. The Single-Address Corporate Web
The Dorćol flat acts as an institutional shell, housing an entire ecosystem of entities designed to project domestic, organic support for the regime of Vladimir Putin.
The Dorćol Pro-Russian Organizational Cluster
[ POLITICAL FRONT ] ──► SRPSKO-RUSKI FRONT (SRF)
• Founded in April 2025 by Dobrosav Marić. Registered as an official Russian national
minority party to exploit favorable electoral loopholes.
[ CIVIL ASSOCIATIONS ]
• Srpsko-Ruski Front Citizens' Association
• Udruženje "Besmrtni Puk Srbija" (Immortal Regiment Serbia)
• Udruženje "Besmrtni Puk Srbije i Rusije"
[ FINANCIAL FOUNDATIONS ]
• Fondacija Besmrtni Puk Srbije 2025
• Fondacija Besmrtni Puk Srbija (Legacy entity established in 2018)
Security analysts note that while these groups claim to be separate entities, their overlapping leadership and identical headquarters serve a unified geopolitical purpose.
“This architecture serves a dual interest. It allows Moscow to broadcast its war narratives through seemingly local organizations to alter public opinion. Simultaneously, it benefits the Serbian ruling elite by generating anti-Western ‘political noise’ and maintaining a pro-Russian domestic base without the government taking direct legal ownership.”
— Srđan Cvijić, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP)
2. The Minority Party Maneuver: Exploiting “Phantom” Status
The crown jewel of the Dorćol cluster is the Srpsko-Ruski Front (SRF) political party, registered by Dobrosav Marić in April 2025. Marić, the former head of the executive board of Popović’s SNP, split from his former boss to establish an explicitly pro-Putin platform that opposes both the European Union and NATO.
The Mechanics of Minority Party Exploitation
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│ [ STEP 1: LEGAL PRIVILEGE & THE LOWERED THRESHOLD ] │
│ • Serbian electoral law waives the standard 3% parliamentary hurdle │
│ for registered national minority parties via the "natural mandate." │
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│ [ STEP 2: MINISCULE DEMOGRAPHICS VS. OUTSIZED PARTIES ] │
│ • Ethnic Russians rank 16th in Serbia's census (barely 10,000 │
│ citizens), yet they possess 10 distinct registered parties. │
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│ [ STEP 3: CONTROLLING THE SATELLITE VOTES ] │
│ • Political watchdogs classify these factions as "satellite parties" │
│ designed to absorb right-wing votes and act as regime allies. │
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Marić strongly denies that his party is a state-funded fiction, claiming that exactly half of the party’s governing bodies are composed of genuine ethnic Russians residing in Serbia. However, official anti-corruption financial audits submitted for 2025 show absolute zero balances for both revenues and expenditures.
3. Monitored Travel and High-Level Moscow Contacts
Despite reporting a zero-balance bank account, the leadership of the Srpsko-Ruski Front has maintained an active international travel itinerary throughout 2025 and 2026, engaging directly with sanctioned Kremlin actors.
| Foreign Official | Kremlin / State Role | Nature of Contact / Alliance |
| Senator Elena Afanasieva | Federation Council Member (EU/US/UK Blacklist) | Signed official bilateral cooperation agreements with Marić’s party in Moscow and Belgrade. |
| Sergei Naryshkin (via Russian Historical Society) | Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) | Strategic ideological alignment meetings attended alongside sanctioned Serbian security asset Aleksandar Vulin. |
| Natalia Kocev | Head of the International Fund for the Spiritual Unity of Orthodox Nations | Serves as an official advisor to the SRF while receiving direct, targeted financial grants from Moscow state organs. |
4. Weaponizing the “Immortal Regiment”
Four of the entities housed at the Dorćol address utilize variations of the “Immortal Regiment” (Besmrtni Puk) moniker. Originally a grassroots movement to honor anti-fascist Red Army soldiers, the march has been heavily instrumentalized by the Kremlin to legitimize its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
First Serbian March
2016
The “Immortal Regiment” march is officially introduced to Belgrade, heavily backed by Popović’s state-funded foundations to solidify historic Slavic brotherhood narratives.
The War Inversion
May 2022
Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Belgrade march prominently features the pro-war “Z” iconography and giant portraits of Vladimir Putin.
US Blacklist Enforced
November 2023
The United States officially sanctions Minister Nenad Popović, causing him to systematically scrub his name from public business registries and transfer his “Immortal Regiment” shells to Dobrosav Marić.
The Blocked Budget Scandal
2025
The Serbian Ministry of Labor allocates €4,000 to one of the Dorćol shells for a cemetery restoration in Novi Sad. The funds are later frozen and the bank account blocked after the entity fails basic regulatory compliance audits.
The Russian Diaspora Chasm
June 2026
Data shows over 48,000 Russian expatriates hold residency in Serbia after fleeing mobilization. Security monitoring confirms these new emigrants completely boycott the Dorćol-linked fronts, viewing them as pure extensions of Putin’s state security apparatus.
