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U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Bosnian Serb Leader Milorad Dodik, Family and Allies Without Explanation

OFAC’s delisting follows recent rollbacks in Republika Srpska, raising questions about U.S. strategy before the November 23 election.

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 1, 2025. Sputnik/Mikhail Tereshchenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Overview

  • The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control removed Dodik, his close associates, family members, and related companies from the Western Balkans sanctions program.
  • A total of 48 individuals and entities were delisted, including Alternativna TV, a media outlet linked by U.S. authorities to Dodik’s family.
  • Treasury provided no public rationale for the removals, and officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
  • Bosnian Serb lawmakers on October 18 appointed an interim president and annulled a series of separatist laws, steps the State Department had welcomed as easing the institutional crisis.
  • Early presidential elections in Republika Srpska are scheduled for November 23, and Dodik publicly thanked President Donald Trump for the sanctions decision.