US Lifts Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb Leader
The Trump administration has lifted US sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia's Republika Srpska, as well as his children, allies, and companies.
Dodik, 65, is the former president of Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia's two semi-autonomous regions, and remains its most powerful political figure.
The move came without explanation, a day after Dodik met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to a bulletin from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
The Trump administration lifted international sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb-dominated region, Republika Srpska.
The decision follows extensive lobbying in Washington.
Author's summary: US lifts sanctions on pro-Russian Bosnian leader.