A central warrant has been in effect for Milorad Dodik, Nenad Stevandić and Radovan Višković for fifteen days. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has also issued an international warrant for Dodik and Stevandić. A response from Interpol headquarters is awaited. In the meantime, Dodik has been moving around freely. He is now outside the country, but at an unknown location. While he is traveling, reactions are mounting. Dodik’s moves are dangerous for citizens in Republika Srpska, we stand behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the message from the British Parliament.
Two warrants, a central one and an as-yet-unconfirmed international one. However, Dodik’s borders are still passable, and flights in every direction are safe. He travels wherever he wants. With the label of a fugitive, he is wanted, but no one stops him. Absurd, but possible. From Serbia, Israel to a still unknown location, to which he has, again, arrived unhindered.
Through social networks, he announces that he has arrived, and judging by earlier announcements, his destination is in Russia, because as much as he is still in a fairly good position, there are not many addresses where he is welcome. But where it is, it goes without invitation. Well, he has been traveling for the last seven days, and state institutions claim to be working, the world and Europe condemn him. The UN Security Council is concerned, but nothing more than the adopted statement calling for political dialogue:
“The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern over the recent events in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their full support for the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its annexes.”
Fugitives, the crisis, the current political situation were also the topic of the meeting of the representatives of the Quinte countries. After the talks, French Minister for Europe Benjamin Haddad expressed support for Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the midst of a serious political and constitutional crisis following the verdict against Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska entity, on 26 February. France reiterates its condemnation of the adoption of laws and decisions in the RS, which violate the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina and encroach on public freedoms.”
The noose around Dodik is tightening. Red card from the European Union too. Dodik will no longer be an interlocutor in the search for a solution for Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, neither Kos nor the arrest warrants prevented him from responding.
“This is a politician with secessionist aspirations, who is against European integration, does not respect the order established by the Dayton Agreement and claims rights that do not belong to him,” said Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement.
“I hear that Marta Kos said something. I’m surprised. She is proof that US Vice President JD Vance’s position on the EU is completely correct. If it were something important, it wouldn’t bother her,” Dodik replied.
Days pass, the room for maneuver is getting smaller. He can comment from unknown locations until the red, international Interpol arrest warrant is confirmed. Then he will be more worried, because 196 countries and all police agencies will be looking for him. Activation, apparently, awaits in Russia, where he will try to meet with the Russian president, and then as a fugitive he can only find refuge in Serbia or possibly Hungary – the only countries that have filed a complaint with Interpol about the arrest warrant.
