Scandal with Ukrainian icon in Bosnia: the opposition demands the resignation of the president

Bosnia demands the resignation of the president because of his gift to Russian minister Sergei Lavrov, who was presented with a 300-year-old icon of Lugansk.

The opposition in the Republika Srpska, which is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is demanding the resignation of President Milorad Dodik following the scandal over the Ukrainian icon presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Politicians believe that in this way Dodik will be able to save the country “from greater shame,” writes Evropeyskaya Pravda.

“A series of mistakes, shame and abuse of power reached its climax with a scandal over a gift he prepared for Russian Chancellor Sergei Lavrov,” said the leader of the Party of Democratic Progress, Branislav Borenovic.

The head of the Serbian Democratic Party, Mirko Sarovic, believes that all those who are connected with the scandalous present should resign.

So far, neither Milorad Dodik himself nor his party, the Union of Independent Social Democrats, have commented on the situation with the Ukrainian icon.

According to local media reports, the president was hospitalized. You have a coronavirus.

Recall that the scandal broke out after the head of the Republika Srpska and a member of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, made a gift to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his visit on December 14. Dodik presented an ancient icon. It turned out to be a 300-year-old Lugansk icon. A photo of the icon appeared in the media, on which a wax seal is seen, indicating that the item belongs to Ukraine.

It was later learned how Bosnia reacted to this scandal. In the country, this sparked a huge public outcry.

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