Čedomir Stojković
Чедомир Стојковић
Stojković in 2023
Personal details
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
DHSS (earlier)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationLawyer, politician

Čedomir Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Чедомир Стојковић; born 1982) is a Serbian lawyer and politician. Once a prominent member and director of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS), he is currently the president of the October Group which advocates the introduction of sanctions against Russia by Serbia. He advocates Serbia's accession to NATO.

Biography

He was born in 1982 in Belgrade. His parents are from the village of Mrčić near Valjevo.[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade.

He was a prominent member and director of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS).[1][2] On 11 November 2013 he opened the SIM NATO international student gathering, which gathered about a hundred participants from 50 countries in Belgrade. He then declared that Serbia, as a bridge between Europe and Asia, should become a member of NATO. The rally was interrupted by left-wing activists spreading anti-NATO banners.[3]

He was the lawyer of actor and former DHSS member Branislav Lečić after Danijela Štajnfeld accused him of rape. He accused Štajnfeld of editing the recording of the conversation between her and Lečić.[4]

He became known to the general public after the Russian invasion of Ukraine when his law office announced that it "independently imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation" and called on Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia.[5][6] After a pro-Russian rally in Belgrade in March 2022, his office filed criminal charges against all the participants of this gathering. Together with Nenad Čanak, he visited Ukraine during the war.[7]

In November 2022, he founded the Citizen's Association "October Group". The announcement stated that the goal of the organization is the fight against Vladimir Putin's regime in Serbia.[8] Stojković coordinates the "team for the identification of Putin's agents in the Republic of Serbia", whose list includes numerous political and public figures such as Aleksandar Vulin, Vojislav Šešelj, Milomir Marić, Vuk Jeremić and Slobodan Antonić.[9] He claimed that the Wagner Group was recruiting Serbian citizens for the war in Ukraine.[10]

Controversies

On 16 August 2014 he was detained in Valjevo after he was stopped by the traffic police on his way back from his wedding and refused to take a breathalyzer test and get out of the car. On that occasion he insulted the policeman. The judge sentenced Stojković to a fine of 95,000 dinars, an 11-month driving ban and 20 penalty points, and the Valjevo police filed a criminal complaint against him for insulting and obstructing police officers.[11]

On the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2023, he participated in a protest in front of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Belgrade and tried to deliver a cake with a skull and red frosting, symbolizing blood, to the Russian embassy. Stojković and the activists were prevented from doing so by the Serbian police.[12][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vujanac, Predrag. "Prvu bračnu noć proveo u ćeliji". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. 1 2 Aranđelović, Višnja. "Čvorović na skejtu". Politika Online. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. ↑ Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. "Protest levičara zbog studentskog NATO samita". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. ↑ ""ДАНИЈЕЛА ШТАЈНФЕЛД И МЕДИЈИ НАСТАВЉАЈУ КАМПАЊУ": Огласио се Лечићев адвокат, ево шта је рекао о снимку разговора". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Н1: Адвокатска канцеларија Чедомира Стојковића "самостално увела санкције Русији због кршења међународног права, напада на Украјину и чињења несумњивих ратних злочина"". Нова српска политичка мисао (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  6. ↑ Tanović, Muamer. "Beogradski advokat: Zašto sam uveo sankcije Rusiji". balkans.aljazeera.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Svedočenja iz ratom razrušene Ukrajine u Beogradu". Glas Amerike (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  8. ↑ Gruhonjic, Dinko (2022-11-02). "Osnovana Grupa Oktobar za borbu protiv štetnog uticaja Putinovog režima u Srbiji". Autonomija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  9. ↑ "LISTA AGENATA PUTINOVOG REŽIMA U SRBIJI". grupaoktobar.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  10. ↑ guerillas.ukr (2023-02-01). "If only Serbian intelligence service worked at least 10%, any Serbs would't fight for russia - Serbian civil activist Čedomír Stojković". Media Center Ukraine. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  11. ↑ Vujanac, Predrag. "Prvu bračnu noć proveo u ćeliji". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  12. ↑ ""Krvava" torta sa lobanjom za Bocan Harčenka FOTO". B92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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