US expands sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader's network

President of Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) Milorad Dodik attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday expanded sanctions against an individual and an entity who have helped Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his son evade existing U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

Dodik, the pro-Russian president of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic (RS) who has long advocated the region's secession from Bosnia, is already under U.S. and UK sanctions.