Politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to debate whether their country was training people intended to destabilize Moldova under instructions from Russia.
“It’s true. We had people who came on behalf of the Russian Federation and trained members of the ‘Moldovan squads,’” Konaković told reporters in Sarajevo.
He explained that it was not about military training but preparation for demonstrations and various types of protests.
He also stated that he has personally seen evidence of such individuals and their activities, warning that this is further concrete proof of malign Russian influence in the region, against which Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot fight alone and needs support from European partners.
The U.S. Embassy joined the discussion, warning that claims of Russians conducting training in camps on RS territory to undermine democratic processes in another country are “deeply concerning.” They called for a thorough investigation to determine individual accountability.
“These reports raise serious questions about RS’s commitment and its leadership to implement necessary reforms for advancing BiH’s European aspirations, as well as their ‘European orientation,’” said the U.S. Embassy.
On Thursday, Neshiq accused both the U.S. and Moldova of “unprincipled deception,” and he was supported by the leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, Milorad Dodik, who spoke from Kazan, where he traveled to the BRICS summit as a guest of Vladimir Putin.
“I deny that there are camps… Everything we’ve been told so far has been a lie,” said Dodik, accusing the warnings from Moldova, along with U.S. participation, of attempting to harm the Serbs due to their connections with Moscow.
