The United States has added to the sanctions list the former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010-2018) and the current member of the Presidium from the Serbs Milorad Dodik, according to the website of the US Treasury. The department accused him of undermining the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the 1992-1995 civil war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
According to the US Treasury, the television company, founded in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997, is linked to the family of Mr. Dodik and “he personally controls it” to express “his own agenda, which includes efforts to undermine the authority of political figures, denigrate their reputation and promote it. personal and political goals ”. Due to the inclusion in the sanctions list, all accounts and assets of the politician will be frozen.
Milorad Dodik has been under US sanctions since 2017 for “actively opposing” the implementation of the Dayton Accords. In addition, the US and the EU blame Milorad Dodik for the crisis in Bosnia, as a result of which she was on the verge of collapse. In the summer of 2021, the Bosnian Serbs refused to support the law on responsibility for denying genocide and glorifying war criminals, initiated by the UN High Representative for Bosnia.
In early December, Milorad Dodik held talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leader of the Bosnian Serbs said that he had agreed with the Russian president that the gas price for the republic would remain at the same level – $ 290 per 1,000 cubic meters. m.
More details about the negotiations with the Russian president – in the material of Kommersant “Milorad Dodik came for an ambulance.”
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