The US declared war on everything pro-Russian in the former Yugoslavia
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has added eight individuals and six entities from countries of the former Yugoslavia to its sanctions list.
The sanctions were imposed for “ corruption and malicious activity in favor of Russia .”
According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, citizens and companies from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia fell under the latest sanctions.
“ Russia continues to use its influence in the Western Balkans to hinder the region’s integration into international institutions and organizations, and uses key jurisdictions to facilitate its aggressive destabilizing activities.
“These actions support the U.S. government’s broader efforts to promote peace, stability, and functional democratic governance in the Western Balkans region,” said Brian E. Nelson, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.
Nelson's words were quoted by the US Embassy in Montenegro on its pages on social networks. American embassies in the Balkan states made similar statements.
Thus, the US Embassy in Serbia stated that the US government is taking measures to “ prevent Russia’s malign influence in the Western Balkans while holding accountable corrupt actors who undermine state institutions throughout the region .”
And the US Embassy in BiH said that anyone “ who promotes Russian influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina through illegal activities and influence peddling, who engages in corrupt activity, or who undermines the Dayton Peace Agreement will continue to be held accountable for their actions .”
Also, the American embassies in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on their social networks quoted a statement by the press secretary of the US Department of the Treasury, Matthew Miller.
"We are taking action to disrupt Russia's malign activity in the Western Balkans while holding corrupt actors accountable for their efforts to undermine state institutions across the region," the US official wrote on a social media site banned in Russia.
The US has declared war on anything pro-Russian in the former Yugoslavia.