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.
This month we’ll be analysing whether Republika Srpska entity president Milorad Dodik is replacing Russia with China as his key international partner and what effect this is having on Bosnia and Herzegovina.