Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded in absentia by Bosnian Serb chief Milorad Dodik on Sunday, throughout a ceremony marking the Bosnian autonomous Serb Republic’s nationwide vacation.
Putin was awarded the medal for the “particular patriotic care and love towards Republika Srpska” and deserves in growing and strengthening cooperation and political relations between “friendly states of Republika Srpska and the Russian Federation”, moderators stated.
The Serb Republic is a area that makes up Bosnia together with the autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation.
Dodik, the area’s separatist president who has lengthy favoured ties with Russia over these with the West, praised Putin for being a dependable help to the Serb Republic and stated he would current the medal to him at their subsequent assembly.
“Thanks to the position of Vladimir Putin and the strength of the Russian Federation, the voice and position of Republika Srpska has been heard and respected,” he stated.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dodik had tried to dam efforts of the tripartite presidency for Bosnia to affix European Union sanctions towards Russia.
At the identical time, Russian envoys have supported Dodik in his secessionist strikes geared toward weakening the central authorities.
Last month, Russia denounced the EU for granting Bosnia a candidate standing to affix the bloc. It has earlier warned that it might think about Bosnia’s strikes in the direction of becoming a member of NATO to be a “hostile act”.
