Why Has the Bosnian Serb Leader Severed Diplomatic Channels with the US and UK?

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik says Republika Srpska has cut off all ties with the UK and US embassies in Bosnia. He made the announcement after Washington added a leading politician from the entity to its official list of sanctioned individuals. Dodik himself is also under US and UK sanctions for his frequent calls to break away from Bosnia. This latest rift comes after both embassies condemned a controversial property law, which allows Republika Srpska to stake claim to the public institutions it uses. The US says the move "undermines the 1995 Dayton peace accords", which ended the war in Bosnia. The law was repealed in early March by the Constitutional Court. But Dodik says his entity may break away unless it is reinstated.
Plus, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic continues to spark controversy in Bosnia and Herzegovina as he is now demanding a change in the election law to allow Croats in Bosnia to elect their own member of the presidency. Milanovic has maintained close ties with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who is known for his secessionist threats. The Croatian president is accused of insulting Bosniaks and according to analysts, he undermines Croatia's relations with Bosnia. But it's not just in Bosnia that Milanovic is seen as a polarising figure. Veljko Skenderija has more from Zagreb.
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[@curasotona-to3lu]

Dodig je pravi branioc srpstva. Živio Mile samo tako se razgovara sa srpskim neprijateljima.

[@steveot]

I would hope that you people would one day give the people that were voted in by the people in the country the ability to run their own lives. Why are you so in love with being colonized by someone else.

[@justice2548]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is colonized for more than 500 years by various occupiers, it is part of our culture. People have voted for nationalist options most of the time out of fear they will lose all their rights as citizens, because these politicians are using such rhetoric. Voting system in this country does not work since everything is corrupted and it is accepted by the current authority as something normal, because it brings funds into their own private pockets. If not other foreign influence there would still be the influence by neighboring countries such as Serbia and Croatia. Serbian and Croatian people inside of Bosnia are used as reserve people to influence internal order of the country by their own ideas, as also to give power to nationalist politicians inside of their own national countries. Shortly Croatian and Serbian people are the most used people inside of BiH for nationalist ideas and making them believe they are endangered people gives power to nationalist politicians. To be honest Bosniaks are also manipulated by a such rhetoric, but things have changed a little bit lately. Balkan was always unstable place and there was fight for this territory even before Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia were existing. A lot of normal people wanting normal life are tired because of this and just left the country (half a million people in just 10 years). Instead of economic development as in normal countries in BiH the main topics are national ideas, thus the more reasons for citizens to leave the country. We need to keep in mind that nationalism in BiH is profitable to a lot of politicians and it is a tool used to stay in power, but if we give enough "sedative" to the people they will forget and ignore this. By nationalist ideas I mean more of a chauvinism. Propaganda is also doing their own thing. This is a short version so you can have a perception what is going on, but in reality it is a lot more complicated.

[@user-is7sz9xw6y]

Three people and three ideas

[@imtiazahmad7826]

Make strong ties with Muslim countries

[@marcobernarda9493]

This will keep degrading fast....

[@Tristan-pg5ll]

Glory to Yogoslavia 👏

[@mirsadagerzic7160]

Milanovic da je koristio sapun nebi mu se lice ucrvalo