6/29 Milorad Dodik〜recently called Erdogan a “great statesman” who understands the situation in the Balkan country./ In 2019, Serbia even granted Turkish police the ability to operate on its soil. ”
As investigators collect information on war crimes in Ukraine, Republika Srpska authorities are destroying the site of Kravica warehouse, near Srebrenica, where ~1300 men + boys were killed. Relatives of victims weren’t allowed to build a memorial. Now the site is being razed too
“I fear that the longer the war lasts inUkraine, the greater the chances of spillover in the westernBalkans.&that is because it is in the interest of theRFto have new battlegrounds.”“He wants the state of Kosovo to fail in order to show thatNato success was temporary,just like in Iraq&Afghan
3/2 It is necessary that the global community observe the close ties between RS and the Russian Federation, as well as impose any additional sanctions to ensure Russian oligarchs are not able to evade those currently imposed on them.”
Just in: “The Charles de Gaulle Aircraft carrier is currently conducting operational training in the Mediterranean Sea and, from Monday 7th March, its Rafale aircraft will conduct overflights of the Western Balkans including BiH.”
10/9 “Dodik, who currently serves as the Serb member of Bosnia's tripartite inter-ethnic presidency, has spearheaded measures to obstruct the central government after a former peace envoy imposed a law criminalising the denial of genocide and war crimes in end-July.”
adding the Serb leadership did not plan to take any military measures. However Dodik, a staunch supporter of Russia, has earlier said that unidentified "friends" had promised help to the Serb Republic in case of "Western military intervention" against the region.
10/15 Dodik said he was not going for the secession of the Serb Republic but for its full autonomy within Bosnia, which would not affect the country's territorial integrity. "There is no war, there will be no war and there is no possibility for the war," he said,(