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International star Nemanja Matić joins Nemanja Vidić in taking legal action after leaked encrypted chats revealed a former football chief’s plot to silence critics.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić downplayed recent revelations that the former head of the country’s football association plotted to violently intimidate Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidić for criticizing his work, even as state prosecutors announced they are seeking police records to take action on the case.

Under siege by mass protests over the past year, Serbia’s government has drawn support from a crew of convicts and suspected criminals who have confronted demonstrators — sometimes using physical violence.

“I am warning you that under the (...) Criminal Procedure Code, you may be fined up to 150,000 dinars, and if you continue to refuse to provide the requested information, you may be fined again in the same amount,” prosecutor Aleksandar Milošević wrote in a letter sent to KRIK this week.

The European Union’s attempt to sanction Serbia’s Karić family over their ties to the authoritarian president of Belarus ultimately failed because it listed the wrong company details, according to an investigation by the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC).

Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali has long faced accusations of corruption and illicit enrichment — his case highlights the deep-rooted impunity enjoyed by the country’s political elite.

Siniša Mali, previously the mayor of Belgrade and currently Serbia’s finance minister, enrolled his children in a prestigious school where the annual tuition significantly exceeded his official earnings.