RUSKI FAKTOR POLITIČKOG STATUSA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE DANAS
RUSSIAN FACTOR OF THE POLITICAL STATUS OF BIH TODAY

Author(s): Enver Halilović
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Politics and religion, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Russian Federation (RF); Republika Srpska (RS); the West; Orthodox Slavs;
Summary/Abstract: Russian interest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is equally direct and indirect. It is direct to the extent to which the Russian Federation is today a strong east-Slav-Orthodox question, and is indirect to the extent that concerns the interests of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are allied relations between the Russian Federation and Serbia, which include mutual protection, meaning even the political and diplomatic one. For Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the main political goal today. There are two key reasons for Russia’s current strong diplomatic position in the world. First, it is directly militarily engaged in the global war against terrorism. Second, it possesses vast natural resources, natural fuels, oil and gas. NATO had bombed Serbia before the war against terrorism. Then the RF was on the opposite side to the West. This text presents more than twenty undisputable facts of RF policies that hinder the process of integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its joining the Atlantic and European integrations.

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