Blinken's strong statement: Dodik is following the same path as Vladimir Putin

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, wrote yesterday on Twitter that the ultra-nationalist President of Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dodik, is on the authoritarian path of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. "Milorad Dodik's attacks on basic rights and freedoms in Republika Srpska show that he is on the authoritarian path of President Putin. The State Department, represented by Ambassador Murphy, continues to advocate for the democratic and prosperous future that all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina deserve, Blinken wrote on Twitter. However, these do not impress the authoritarian leader of RS, Milorad Dodik, as he claims that "the US embassy has caused much more damage to Republika Srpska than benefits from the financial means it has invested". While Dodik has continued his criticism towards the United States of America, where he has stated that "we would be more grateful if the United States had not donated a single dollar, but only if they had behaved politically correct in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Dodik made these comments after the publication of the research by the BiH media on US investments in RS. According to published data, Americans have invested less than 638 million US dollars in RS since 1995. This information was also presented by the American embassy in BiH. "The US Embassy in Sarajevo can add up the damage done to Republika Srpska from 1995 to 2023. It is quite certain that it many times exceeds the amount declared as aid and investment in infrastructure.