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Note also “Yugoslavia 1999,” i.e. NATO’s intervention in Kosovo to prevent Milosevic from conducting his second genocide in a decade. This is participatory disinformation by fans of a club with known regime ties in Serbia, which itself a vassal state of the Kremlin.

Right in the center “Republic of Srpska 1995,” i.e. the product of Karadzic’s genocidal efforts in Bosnia. This isn’t an “anti-war” display, it’s familiar Serb nationalist revisionism by the far-right Delije, many of whom volunteered in war criminal Arkan’s militias in the 90s.https://twitter.com/jamespiotr/status/1504538244121309189 …

I have this absolutely crazy habit of promoting policies I think are positive, and criticizing the ones that I think are negative. And when policymakers who used to advocate for the former start promoting the latter, I call them out accordingly. Inconceivable!

Grateful for the strong statements of support for genuine democratic, liberal reform in Bosnia & Herzegovina, as well as the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, from MEPs @KGroselj, @ViolavonCramon & @Tineke_Strik. “What’s done in the dark will come to the light,” @aneichhorst.

PS — The above should obviously read “…honestly, the [former] are the majority in the centers of power” as the news is clearly not good, folks.

Previous U.S. administrations at least had the good sense to obscure the fact that their Bosnia and Herzegovina policy was run through Zagreb and Belgrade. The Biden admin appears quite proud of the fact that they’ve evacuated actual Bosnians entirely. Inexplicable.https://twitter.com/counselordos/status/1503866637681836036 …

In Bijeljina, BiH, Serbia’s Minister of the Interior, in company of secessionist Dodik’s police chief, again promotes irredentist “Serbian World” concept (cf “Russian World”). Belgrade continues to openly signal its direct threats to BiH’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.https://twitter.com/istragab/status/1504523975510179852 …

So, please do keep helping us raise awareness about the Kremlin and authoritarian threat in BiH, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and, above all, Ukraine. But remember also: the call is coming from inside the house. /xxx

Today, the democratic world is split into two camps: those who consider the likes of Putin, Xi, and their domestic collaborators as an existential threat, and those who see them as potential business partners. And, honestly, the latter are the majority in the centers of power.

Pres @ZelenskyyUa’s remarkable speech to leaders today, for instance, echoes what we’ve been dealing w/ in Bosnia & the region for decades. And worst of all, Berlin et al are unlikely to be moved by his words. Because it’s not a Q of information; it’s a Q of political will.

As someone who has been writing about the project in BiH & W. Balkans since at least 2013-14, I assure you: the nature of the threat has been clear as day for yrs. It has been intentionally downplayed and ignored, however, by ppl who are still making policy in those capitals.

I am, in a sense, relieved that the international press is picking up on the Kremlin’s explicit threats to Bosnia re: its NATO aspirations. But as in Ukraine, Moscow’s greatest allies in Bosnia have been pro-appeasement officials in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and Washington.