US imposes sanctions targeting Bosnian Serb leader Dodik's network of firms

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/File Photo

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two individuals and a network of companies generating wealth for Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his family, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

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