US Sanctions Serb Republic People, Entities For Undermining Democracy
The U.S. last week sanctioned a group of people and entities under a recently revised executive order that authorizes sanctions against those threatening the sovereignty of the Western Balkans (see 2501080025). The designations target five people and one entity supporting the corruption of Milorad Dodik, the sanctioned president of the Serb Republic, and eight others who organized a “Republika Srpska Day” last year in contravention of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the 1995 accords that put an end to the yearslong Bosnian War.
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Among those designated were Pavle Corovic, the husband of Dodik’s sanctioned daughter; Radmila Bojanic and Nemanja Reljin, who manage the U.S.-designated company Nimbus Innovations (see 2412180050); the Serb Republic’s interior minister Sinisa Karan; the president’s chief of staff, Danijel Dragicevic; and others.
Bradley Smith, the Treasury Department's acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said the sanctions highlight “Dodik’s continued efforts to undermine the democratic and multiethnic framework that defines modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.”