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Contacts between Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and the Kremlin have intensified in recent months, fueling concerns over potential instability in the region.

German diplomat Christian Schmidt announced his resignation this week from a role created to ensure peace in Bosnia. His decision comes after a lobbying campaign by Bosnian Serb separatists in which he was a target.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration lifted international sanctions on Milorad Dodik — the pro-Russian leader of the Serb-dominated region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska — as well as on his children, dozens of allies, and their companies.

The Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered the summoning of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and two of his close associates for allegedly attacking the country’s constitutional order, further escalating tensions in the delicate Balkan state.

Milorad Dodik states he will reject any conviction following his repeated appeals for the Serb-administered region of Bosnia to unite with Serbia.

Amid ongoing U.S. sanctions against him, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik courts controversy by inviting Rudy Giuliani, as he intensifies his push for Republika Srpska’s independence despite growing concerns over regional stability.

The U.S. sanctioned on Tuesday two individuals and a network of companies that have been enriching Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his family, saying he has robbed his own people for years while threatening their safety with his constant rhetoric about a secession of the Bosnian Serb controlled part of the country.