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US sanctions individuals and companies supporting Milorad Dodik

2024-12-18 17:36:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
US sanctions individuals and companies supporting Milorad Dodik
US State Department (DASH) spokesman Matthew Miller

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned three individuals and four companies, part of the network of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, who enabled the pro-Russian leader's family's ongoing efforts to evade US sanctions.

A US State Department announcement states that this action also includes sanctioning Staša Kosarac, a politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who serves as a key supporter of Dodik's corruption and destabilizing political agenda.

The US government has previously sanctioned Dodik for, among other things, involvement in corruption.

“For years, Dodik has exploited his official position to amass personal wealth through companies associated with him and his son, Igor Dodik. This corruption has undermined public trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state institutions and the rule of law. The Dodik network has continued its deliberate efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions by manipulating management structures and re-registering sanctioned companies under new names,” the State Department said in a statement.
Today’s action, the State Department said, further exposes “the Dodik family’s flagrant and corrupt efforts to enrich themselves and circumvent U.S. sanctions,” adding that “the United States will continue to target those who facilitate Dodik’s corruption and enable his efforts to advance destabilizing activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

This is the fourth time this year alone that the United States has sanctioned individuals and companies that provide wealth to the Bosnian Serb leader and his family.

The United States initially imposed sanctions on Milorad Dodik on July 17, 2017, for obstructing the implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the bloody Bosnian war, which left over 100,000 dead and millions displaced.

At the end of the war, Bosnia was divided into two autonomous regions, the Republika Srpska and the Bosniak-Croat Federation, linked by a weak central government in Sarajevo.

Milorad Dodik relies on Russian support for his stance on the secession of Republika Srpska, while there is widespread fear in the West that Moscow is trying to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the Balkan region to shift at least some of the world's attention away from its war in Ukraine./ VOA


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