Open Letter to Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Christopher Hill

January 15, 2025

Dear Ambassador Hill,

When I wrote a positive public letter on March 31, 2022, expressing sincere optimism and high expectations for your appointment as the United States Ambassador to Serbia, I could not have imagined the profound relief and satisfaction I would feel on this day, as I witness your urgent dismissal. Today marks not just your departure but a broader reckoning with your actions, a reckoning I am proud to have contributed to.

Every individual faces moments of triumph and failure. However, your moral, political, and professional downfall will be uniquely recorded in the annals of history, a case study in international criminal complicity. The catastrophic impact of your tenure has irreparably damaged the Serbian people’s perception of America’s integrity and its purported goodwill toward Serbia. This letter is my enduring mark of condemnation, a public stamp of shame that will follow you wherever you go. Neither silence nor a retreat to the United States will erase the stigma of dishonor and corruption that now defines your legacy.

You betrayed the trust placed in you not only by myself but also by Serbia’s Republican Party. Through reckless statements and corrupt actions, you inflicted immeasurable harm on the Serbian and American peoples. Your misguided policies and tacit support destabilized American influence in the Balkans, undermining regional security and tarnishing U.S. foreign policy at large.

Your willful silence in the face of organized crime orchestrated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and his associates made you complicit in one of Europe’s most formidable criminal enterprises. By fraternizing with Serbia’s power brokers, you enabled the laundering of illicit funds tied to autocratic rule. Your indifference to the crises in Kosovo and Republika Srpska served to shield the regime’s ties to organized criminals and terrorists.

Through inaction, you tacitly endorsed nationalist policies, corruption, and Serbia’s open collaboration with the Kremlin. You ignored human rights violations, including my own abduction, torture, imprisonment, and attempted assassination—actions emblematic of the peril faced by those advocating for democracy and freedom. Instead of acting as a representative of American democratic values, you became Vučić’s private envoy, a stark departure from America’s historic defense of freedom.

Your embassy extended open doors to individuals sanctioned by U.S. authorities while dismissing opportunities for dialogue with pro-American reformers. The false reports you transmitted to Washington, coupled with your unwavering support for an autocrat and accused war criminal, conveyed to the Serbian people that America endorses dictatorship, political violence, and international malfeasance. Your tenure fueled perceptions of the United States as an enemy rather than a friend of Serbia, directly contradicting the principles of liberty and justice.

It is thanks only to the efforts of platforms like Rich TVX News Network and distinguished scholars like Yale professors Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian that the Serbian people’s trust in America’s sincerity has been preserved. Without their advocacy, your actions would have permanently aligned the United States with tyranny and criminality in the eyes of my nation.

I hope this letter reaches the U.S. Department of State, the FBI, the CIA, and the broader American intelligence community. Your return to the United States may provoke further scrutiny into your dealings with Aleksandar Vučić, including potential financial improprieties.

We did not meet as allies in the pursuit of democratic progress. I now eagerly anticipate a different meeting—an investigation on American soil, where truth and accountability can finally be pursued.

Sincerely,

Nikola Sandulović
President, Republican Party of Serbia