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Democrats cry foul as U.S. lifts sanctions on Serb nationalist, MAGA-linked firm gets huge Bosnia energy contract

Summary by CBS News
Democratic lawmakers accuse the Trump administration of lifting sanctions against a Bosnian Serb separatist leader in a bid to help enrich the president's allies.

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The involvement of a small American company, linked to associates of US President Donald Trump, in an energy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina worth more than $1.5 billion has raised questions about how the White House may be using its influence in this fragile Balkan state. US lawmakers accuse the Trump administration of lifting sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik in order to enrich and empower the president's allies, dama…

The involvement of a small American company, associated with people close to President Donald Trump, in an energy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina valued at over $1.5 billion, has raised questions about how the White House is using its influence in the fragile Balkan state, according to information published by CBS News. American parliamentarians accuse the Trump administration of [...]

The administration of US President Donald Trump believes that the lifting of sanctions against SNSD leader Milorad Dodik was "pragmatic and far-sighted" and that the aim of the move was to prevent instability and possible new crises in the Balkans. A Trump administration official told CBS News that the decision to lift sanctions is part of a foreign policy approach that, as they claim in […]

A source from the White House told CBS about the lifting of sanctions on Dodik: "We wanted to prevent a catastrophe in the Balkans" - This is another example of President Trump's pragmatic and far-sighted foreign policy, the official said.

An inquiry by CBS News re-launches the US Democrats' report: the lifting of sanctions in Milorad Dodik and the contract without competition to a company of the former lawyer of Trump. The White House defends the choice, the EU threatens the aid.

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CBS News broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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