Country
Serbia
Year
2023
Issuing Entity
US
Type
Individual
Institution
US Department of State
Executive Order
E.O. 14024
Grounds
Destabilisation
Additional information
Misa Vacic (Vacic) is the President of the Serbian Right Party in Serbia. In 2022, Vacic served as an observer in Russia’s sham referenda for purported annexation of the Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine in September 2022. During interviews and press events, Vacic claimed to be an international observer, at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, and advocated for the purported annexation of these regions by Russia.
The Department of State designated Misa Vacic pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners, for or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation.