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Aleksandar "Kristijan" Golubović ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Кристијан" Голубовић; born November 30, 1969) is a Serbian media personality and criminal. After spending four and a half years in prison for activities related to drugs in
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, he was released on January 9, 2009. From 2016 to 2020 he was imprisoned again for the same level of crime, serving time for his penalty in Zabela prison. On many occasions, Kristijan claimed prison didn't help him nor did it save his life.


Biography


Early life, 1980s

Born to Srboljub and Milanka Golubović, Serb
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s living in
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, Kristijan did not meet his father until primary school since he was away serving a long-term prison sentence for taking part in various criminal activities. His mother was a stewardess at
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. His father was imprisoned in Goli Otok prison. Golubović moved to Belgrade,
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with his mother and sister in 1987, first settling in the
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neighbourhood and then moving to ''50 Braće Jerković Street'' in
Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-Cyrl, Вождовац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 174,864 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south ...
. Already no stranger to juvenile
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activity, the youngster continued along the same path with
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, often involving
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and guns. He first harmed a person with a knife near the "Beograđanka" building. He also started painting, mostly while under arrest. In December 1987, Golubović beat up a patron at a
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in
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. In May 1989, he instigated a fist fight versus Slavko "Mija Pijuk" Mijović (''Mija the Pickaxe''), the godfather of notorious gangster
Arkan Željko Ražnatović (, ; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), better known as Arkan (), was a Serbian warlord, mobster and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars, considered one of the most f ...
) in front of Disco Luv in the Belgrade neighbourhood of
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. Mija Pijuk's
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Safet "Džimi" Buljuku began firing shots at Golubović, hitting him in the legs. In October 1989, Golubović initiated a brawl at the Branko Krsmanović club, leading to several shots being fired.


1990s

In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 25, 1990, Golubović was one of the perpetrators of an infamous act of violence in Belgrade's Hotel Mažestik. Along with his best friend at the time Dragan "Gagi" Nikolić, a heavily armed Golubović burst into the hotel's disco bar looking for a rival gangster. Since they didn't find him, 24-year-old Nikolić and 20-year-old Golubović shot up and ransacked the place, destroying it in the process before fleeing the scene. Since the hotel's disco bar was a favorite
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hangout, the incident gained them notoriety with the authorities, considering that many prominent and powerful mob figures were present to witness the shooting of bottles and furniture.Uhapšen Kristijan Golubović zbog trgovine drogom
; ''Blic'', January 16, 2010
To escape prosecution in Serbia, Golubović went back to Germany, but soon found himself serving a three-year sentence in
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on an
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charge from a few years earlier. Due to being underage when the robbery was committed, he served the sentence in a juvenile prison. In 1993, German authorities extradited Golubović back to Serbia where he was wanted for a variety of criminal acts from the 1988–1990 period. He is well known for telling
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s about people no longer here to defend themselves. He is a long time friend of
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and has maintained relations with Arkan through him. The story Golobović claims is true, that Ulemek sent him to
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to the headquarters of the
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(''Arkanovi Tigrovi''), where he was asked to fight for them, but declined. Then he went as far as to say that Ražnatović asked Golubović to assassinate Serbian politician
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, but he refused. Golubović married Danijela Đukić and had a son Lazar with her while in Belgrade. On July 23, 1994, Golubović had an altercation with Milorad Majkić, owner of Casino Aleksandar at Čumićevo sokače. Majkić claimed Golubović tried to extort DM 10,000 from him. Golubović left Serbia for
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to avoid prison. There he became the worker of a former Yugoslav group that worked in
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. Golubović was featured in a 1996 documentary about Serbia's underworld called '' Vidimo se u čitulji'' that was filmed between 1994 and 1996. He is one of only a few individuals, out of dozens featured in the film, still alive today.


2000s

In 2002, he escaped from
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, where he was sentenced to years for stealing two
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cars and an armed robbery. During his time in prison, he maintained a relationship with Arkan's daughter Anđela Ražnatović. Golubović said he wanted to marry her but the relationship was short. Golubović got arrested in Greece on December 25, 2002, on a Serbian
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because of the criminal citation stemming from the July 1994 incident with Milorad Majkić. The citation claimed Golubović slapped Majkić while trying to extort DM 10,000 from him. Following three and a half-month stay in detention, he got
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to Serbia on April 16, 2003. At the first court date in May 2003, Golubović denied extorting Majkić but admitted slapping him. He was arrested in Operation Sablja, a crackdown on organized crime in Serbia following Prime Minister
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's assassination, for being the leader of a criminal group that extorted €15,000 from a businessman from
Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its adminis ...
; the sentence was initially 6 years, but the case ended with 1 and a half-years. On the night of March 17, 2004, Golubović and famous Serbian
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singer
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(widow of the murdered ''Arkan'') gathered protesters in front of the government building in Belgrade to rally against the situation in Kosovo where more than 36
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es had been burned the same day in an outbreak of Muslim Albanian violence against the
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natives of the province. On December 12, 2005, Golubović got sentenced to six years of prison by the Special Court in Belgrade on illegal arms and
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charges of €3,000 and
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theft from the Arsić's, a married couple from
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. The case was appealed and the sentence got reduced to four and a half years, which he served at Zabela prison in Požarevac. On January 9, 2009, he was released from the Zabela prison where he had spent four and a half years. He made a rap song together with
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called ''Jack i Chivas'' ('' Jack Daniels and
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''). He was denied entry to
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in 2009 when he was going to fight in the ''Millenium Fighting Challenge'' MMA event held in
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, mayor
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denied his entrance and police were ready to stop Golubović. "He has a history of crime and suspicious relations with the criminal world and is not welcomed to Split or Croatia, nor be a sport example." On January 16, 2010, Golubović, his mother and five other members of his criminal group were arrested in Belgrade on charges of
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trade in
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and Belgrade starting in August 2009. He and his two companions were intercepted at a drug exchange of 25 grams of heroin when they exited Saint Mark's Church. He had the previous week been stopped by police who found 180 grams of
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in his
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. His friend in the car claimed the marijuana was his and Golubović was held for 4 hours before being set free. The police then searched his home in Višnjica and found a gun and ammunition without a serial number, a
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was found in his mother's house. He was sentenced for narcotics trade, illegal arms and explosives possession. He allegedly tried
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in his cell the days following the arrest. The motive of the
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was that he felt devastated that he had caused the arrest of his mother who had nothing to do with this. She is quoted as having said ''I should have aborted you!'' He shared
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with ''Elez gang'', leader Darko Elez and
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hitman Nikola Bajić. His wife was briefly held in March for the finding of a land mine in her car.


2010s

During the 2010s, Kristijan was constantly in and out of prison, awaiting trial. In early January 2016, Kristijan released a rap song with DeNiro called ''Živim kao Šef''. Also, on May 9, he had his third mixed martial arts fight, returning to the sport 6 years after his previous fight, which he won by disqualification. It was held in
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against the
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Agim Abdullahu. He lost the fight by
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in the first round. After the fight, Kristijan made statements on social media that it was rigged and unfair, claiming it was the referee's fault. On March 16, Golubović was sentenced to 4 years and 1 month in the Zabela prison. While in prison. On October 9, Golubović released another rap song called ''Moj Czas'' along with a fellow rapper from
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called ''Brex''.


Popular culture

In 1993, he appeared on the album '' Zbogom, Srbijo'' by Serbian band
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, singing with band's
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Bora Đorđević Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; 1 November 1952 – 4 September 2024), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Бора Чорба), was a Serbian singer-songwriter and poet. He was best known as th ...
in the song ''Kamenko i Kremenko'' (Serbian names of ''Fred'' and ''Barney'' from ''
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''). He was part of highly popular
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, such as ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''.


Mixed martial arts record

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, Austria , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Stanislav Drakov , DQ (Drakov bit Golubovic's finger) , WKN Serbia – Kings of the Ring , , align=center, 2 , align=center, N/A ,
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, Serbia , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Marian Rusu , TKO (leg injury) , Ultra FC – Stop the Crime , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:24 ,
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, Serbia ,


References


External links


Official websiteFan shop website
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Interview with Kristijan Golubović on Palma television
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