WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions against separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and his family, turning back financial penalties that were imposed by the Biden administration in 2022.

Dodik is staunchly pro-Russian and has called for the Serb-run half of Bosnia to break off and join Serbia.

Until recently he was the president of the Bosnian Serb republic in Bosnia, sharing the tripartite presidency with a Bosniak and a Croat. Dodik agreed to step down this month after a Bosnian court banned him from politics over his separatist actions.

Dodik’s separatist threats have stoked fears in the fragile Balkan country, where a 1992-95 war erupted when Bosnian Serbs rebelled against independence from the former Yugoslavia and moved to form a ministate w

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