9. September 2022.
Experts and officials fear Russia could exploit Bosnia and Herzegovina’s weaknesses to influence this October’s election
Russia in the Balkans
9. September 2022.
Western European and NATO countries are expressing growing concern about Russian influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the country enters a pre-election period. A meeting that’s been announced between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik is being perceived in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a direct support for the leader of the ruling party in Republika Srpska to win the elections. Over the past decade Putin’s regime has also developed a number of methods to influence the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this episode we’ll analyse how the Russian authorities have influenced elections throughout Europe and if there is a real concern that a similar thing could also happen in our country – particularly now, after the invasion of Ukraine, when the Balkans have been identified as one of the key locations in danger from Russian influence.
23. August 2022.
The Albanian authorities are investigating two Russians and one Ukrainian for allegedly gathering secret military information and the possession of non-lethal weapons after they were detained while entering an arms factory.
29. July 2022.
Although the European Union has placed the Russian oil company under sanctions, Motorways of the Federation, a public company, is running a campaign encouraging driver to fill their vehicles at its petrol stations.
28. July 2022.
Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that authorities froze the property of an unnamed Russian citizen and a Russian politician in line with European Union sanctions on Russia related to its war on Ukraine.
8. July 2022.
Central Bank on Thursday said Russians are once again the largest real estate buyers in the country – despite the Montenegrin government's support for Western sanctions on the Kremlin.
30. June 2022.
PM Boris Johnson on Thursday said Britain will send military specialists to Bosnia and Herzegovina to reinforce the NATO mission there and reinforce stability and security in the country.
24. May 2022.
The Basic Court in Brcko told BIRN it allowed Srdjan Letic, leader of the Sveti Georgije Loncari organization, a man with multiple convictions, to commute his prison sentence for a 9,000 euro fine.
6. May 2022.
While Ukrainian and international prosecutors suspect Russian soldiers of possible war crimes, the Russian foreign ministry and embassy in Sarajevo have made great efforts since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine to impose their version of events on the Bosnian public. But in their statements they have offered a series of allegations which independent investigative media and experts say are false. Russia has threatened to respond, just as it did in Ukraine, if Bosnia and Herzegovina tries to get closer to NATO. In this programme, experts analyse the Russian messages and their potential consequences for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
6. May 2022.
Moscow is busy selling its own version of the war in Ukraine to Bosnian citizens – cynically using analogies with the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica to justify its invasion and destabilize Bosnia at the same time.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.