However, Serbia's former ambassador to the UN, Pavle Jevremovic, has disputed the tribunal's account of Gen Tolimir's role.

BBC: Profile: Zdravko Tolimir, aide to Ratko Mladic

But Patriarch Pavle, head of the whole Serbian church, boldly says he will move from Belgrade to Pec in Kosovo.

ECONOMIST: A lonely Serb vigil

He was also investigating the murders of the head of uniformed police in Serbia, Radovan Stojicic-Badza, in 1997, and of federal Defence Minister Pavle Bulatovic last February.

CNN: Body of missing Yugoslav judge found