On Oct. 29, the Trump administration lifted sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the nationalist former leader of Bosnia’s Serb-majority entity, Republika Srpska. This came shortly after the U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on four Dodik allies on Oct. 17.
While Europe still hopes that Donald Trump might broker peace in Ukraine, the U.S. president’s more recent actions in Bosnia are helping Russia to destabilize the continent.
While Europe still hopes that Donald Trump might broker peace in Ukraine, the U.S. president’s more recent actions in Bosnia are helping Russia to destabilize the continent.
On Oct. 29, the Trump administration lifted sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the nationalist former leader of Bosnia’s Serb-majority entity, Republika Srpska. This came shortly after the U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on four Dodik allies on Oct. 17.
The United States had sanctioned Dodik in 2017 for holding a referendum to formally commemorate the 1992 creation of a separate “Serb Republic” within Bosnia.
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