Editing Arkan (section)

===Early===
Only days after the [[Croatian parliamentary election, 1990|1990 Croatian multi-party election]], Ražnatović, who was the leader of the ''[[Delije]]'' ([[football hooliganism|hooligan]] supporters of the football club [[Red Star Belgrade]]), was present at the away game against Croatian side [[Dinamo Zagreb]] at [[Stadion Maksimir]] on 13 May, a match that ended in the infamous [[Dinamo–Red Star riot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dalje.com/en-sports/video--day-when-maksimir-stadium-went-up-in-flames/257791 |title=VIDEO: Day When Maksimir Stadium Went up in Flames |publisher=Dalje.com |date=13 May 2009 |access-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301221046/http://dalje.com/en-sports/video--day-when-maksimir-stadium-went-up-in-flames/257791 |archive-date=1 March 2014 }}</ref> Ražnatović and the Delije, consisting of 1,500 people, were involved in a massive fight with the [[Bad Blue Boys|home team's football hooligans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tol.org/client/article/5707-football-is-war.html|title=Football is War|date=15 March 1999 |publisher=Tol.org|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> On 11 October 1990, as the political situation in Yugoslavia [[Log Revolution|became tense]], Ražnatović created a [[paramilitary]] group named the [[Serb Volunteer Guard]]. Ražnatović was the supreme commander of the unit, which was primarily made up of members of the ''Delije'' and his personal friends.<ref>{{cite book|title=Football Hooligans, and War|author=Ivan Čolović|publisher=Central European University Press|year=2000}}</ref><ref>Nebojsa Popov, Drinka Gojkovic; (1999) ''The Road to War in Serbia: Trauma and Catharsis'' p. 388; Central European University Press, {{ISBN|9639116564}}</ref><ref>Michael A. Innes; (2006) ''Bosnian Security after Dayton: New Perspectives (Contemporary Security Studies)'' p. 75; Routledge, {{ISBN|041565369X}}</ref>

In late October 1990, Ražnatović traveled to [[Knin]] to meet representatives of the [[SAO Krajina]], a Serb break-away region that sought to remain in FR Yugoslavia, as opposed to the Croatian government that seceded. On 29 November, Croatian police arrested him at the Croatian-Bosnian border crossing [[Dvor na Uni]] along with local Dušan Carić and Belgraders Dušan Bandić and Zoran Stevanović. Ražnatović's entourage was sent to [[Sisak]] and was charged with conspiracy to overthrow the newly formed Croatian state. Ražnatović was sentenced to twenty months in jail. He was released from Zagreb's [[Remetinec prison]] on 14 June 1991. It has been claimed that the Croatian and Serbian governments agreed on a [[Deutsche Mark|DM]]1 million settlement for his release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrvatska za Arkana dobila milion maraka|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2000/01/18/srpski/H00011704.shtm|work=Glas-javnosti|publisher=Arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs|access-date=1 March 2014}} (in Serbian)</ref>

In July 1991, Ražnatović stayed for some time at the [[Cetinje monastery]], with Metropolitan [[Amfilohije Radović]]. His group of men, fully armed, were allowed to enter the monastery, where they served as security.<ref name=ENOVINE>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-novine.com/srbija/srbija-licnosti/32577-Zvijer-bezdana.html|title=Zvijer iz bezdana |publisher=e-novine.com|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/74645/Kozaci-ne-obezbedjuju-manastir|title=Kozaci ne obezbeđuju manastir|date=17 January 2009 |publisher=Blic.rs|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> Ražnatović's group traveled from Cetinje to the [[Siege of Dubrovnik]]. On his return from Dubrovnik, he was again a guest at Cetinje.<ref name=ENOVINE/>