Nino Bilajac, Author at Detektor

This month we mark the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and our crew has a report from Kyiv about how the local population is struggling to keep morale high and about the consequences of enduring such a long period of terror.

Before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Detektor team visited Kiev, where the fight against Russian media disinformation about events in this area is considered part of the war, since untruths can be almost as destructive as weapons. Experts in the fight against disinformation warn that the intensification of Russian disinformation is […]

Just before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Detektor crew visited Kyiv, where the fight against Russian media disinformation is considered part of the war. Experts in the fight against disinformation warn that the intensification of Russian disinformation activity can be a precursor to more aggressive action by Russia, a fact which warrants caution in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In December, our crew visited the capital of Ukraine and some of the execution sites that have become notorious around the world after the crimes committed there by Russian forces. We’ll be talking about Ukrainians’ efforts to seek justice for war crimes, and about parallels with Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

On the eve of the second anniversary of the full scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians are experiencing feelings that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have long been familiar with: the fear of new escalations and destabilisation, the search for justice and the complicating fact that many perpetrators are out of reach, and the feeling that the world has turned its attention elsewhere.

For several weeks we infiltrated a pyramid scheme that ravaged the wallets of Bosnian and Herzegovinians who believed in a dream of easy money. We preserved disappearing evidence and uncovered previously unknown details about the mastermind behind this scheme.

Bosnians who believed promises of quick payouts for little work got their wallets emptied in eMagnetix’s pyramid scheme. Investigative reporters from Detektor, in collaboration with Raskrinkavanje, infiltrated the scheme and found that its organiser also registered fake companies in Austria, Italy and Slovakia.

Russian diplomats who were ousted by other European countries after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have since been accredited as part of the Russian mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Detektor has learned.

The state court upheld the acquittal of Djordje Ristanic, head of the Serb wartime leadership in Brcko in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, clearing him of involvement in persecuting Bosniaks and Croats in 1992.

The Ukrainian government wants sanctions placed on Igor Chasnyk, a board member for a major Russian gas firm until recently owned by an oligarch friend of President Vladimir Putin, but he has become one of the several dozen Russians who have registered new businesses in Sarajevo since the start of the war.

Nino Bilajac

Episode 158: After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

Detektor – Magazin: How Ukrainian disinformation hunters explain Russian interests in the Balkans

Ukraine’s Experience Combatting Russian Disinformation Urges Caution in BiH

Episode 157: In Ukraine as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fear for the Future and Hope for Justice

Echoes of Bosnian war in Ukraine: Fear of the future and a longing for justice

Episode 155: ‘Dream Jobs’ Become Nightmares for Bosnians Lured by Hungarian’s Online Pyramid Scam

‘Dream Jobs’ Become Nightmares for Bosnians Lured by Hungarian’s Online Pyramid Scam

Expelled by Other Countries, Russian Diplomats Get Accredited in Bosnia

Bosnia Confirms Acquittal of Wartime Brcko Leader

Ukraine Wants Him Sanctioned – But Boss of Putin-linked Gas Project Opened Firm in Sarajevo

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