Top international official in Bosnia cuts financing for ruling Serb parties to pressure separatists

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The top international official in Bosnia on Thursday cut all budgetary financing for ruling political parties in the Serb-run part of the country, increasing the pressure on the entity’s pro-Russian president who is wanted over his separatist policies.

Christian Schmidt, a German diplomat tasked with overseeing peace in Bosnia, accused the leadership of the Serb-run Republika Srpska entity of undermining the Dayton accords that ended the 1992-95 war in the country.

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