Bosnian Defense Minister Zukan Helez was Harshly Criticized When Said in November 2023 that there training school for Russian Special Forces and Intelligence Officers in Republika Srpska, the Serb-Dominated, Kremlin-Friendly Region of theWestern Balkan Country But a year Later, Russian Intelligence Officer Alexander Bezrukovni was detained in the northwestern Municipality of Bosanska Krupa.
Bezrukovni is presumed of sabotage, terrorism and training pro-Russia pressures. According to the Bosnian Daily Dnevni AvazHe Trained A Group of Moldovans Near the City of Banja Luka in Tactics to Commit Violent Act Against The Pro- eu Government in Moldova, with the Aim of Preventing The Former Soviet Republic From Joining theEuropean Union The Group is Reportedly Connected to the Euroskeptic Sor Party Led by the Pro-Russia Oligarch andFormer Parliamenarian Ilan Shor The Party Has Been Banned in Moldova Since June 2023.
On February 14, Bezrukovni was extradited from Bosnia to Poland, where stands charged of collaborating assaults versus eu and nato Member Poland, Its Neighbor Germany, the United States and various other Western Allies.
“A Russian Hiding in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Suspected of Coordinating Act of Sabotage Agotage Against Poland, The Us and Other Allies, what Extradited to Poland and Arrested by Court Order,” Polish Prime Donald Tusk Wrote On X. ” [Internal Security Agency, the Polish domestic intelligence service] And the Prosecutor’s Office. Russian Hostile Activities Confirmed. “
‘ A Dangerous Terrorist’
Helez Told Dw That He Sees the Arrest and Extradition of Bezrukovni as Confirmation of his 2023 Association that Moldova had actually learnt about Russian Training Camps in Bosnia.
“At the time, i was viciously attack verbally and in the media by republika srpska […] Which Claimed that Search Camps did not exist, “Helez Said” But Now, after a dangerous terrorist who worked for russia was arrested and extradited to Poland, everyone is silent. “
Bosnia-Herzegovina is not a weak spot in the battle Against Russian Influence in the Western Balkans and Europe,Helez Said Still, Bosnian Authorities are miserable that Moldovan Intelligence Services Found Out Before They did that pro-Russia aspects were stoged in their nation. Helez Said Bezrukovni was Supported by “Individuals and Groups in Republika Srpska.”
Sarajevo-Based Defense and Security Expert Nedzad Ahatovic Told Dw That Bezrukovni belonged to a Russian Federal Security Service Network and Responsible for A”Logistical Base for Training Saboteurs And Deploying In Various Locations.”
“Saboteurs trained in Bosnia, Moldova and other Places Carried Out Various Tasks, Including Drone Over The Ramstein Us Airbase in Germany and Sabotage of Defense Industry Facilities and Their Subcontractors,” Said Ahatovic The Arrest and Extradition ofBezrukovni Has “Cut Off A Logistical Corridor for the Financing of Russian Subversive Activities,” Hey Said “The Question Remains as to How many more search centers there are in Europe.”
Abdulah Keranovic, Police Spokesman in the Bosnian Canton of Una-Sana, where Bezrukovni was detained in November, Told dw that the procedure what in Cooperation with the residential solution OSA under Interpol Arrest Warrant.
“We Had Found Out That There is a Foreign Citizen with the initials from in our Area Who was Staying Illegally in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Suspected of Possessing Fored Documents,” Heer Said Bosnian Media Report that Bezrukovni had under Osa monitoring for time. The Arrest Took Place When HE Tried to Leave the Country.
Dusko Vejnovic, Professor at the Faculty of Security Policy at the University of Banja Luka, Told DW That Secret Service Agents Often Use Legal Documents to Travel Undetected -And That Forging Identity Papers For Them “It is logical that russian officials reject the incriminating accusations against Bezrukovni. Now evidence must be found he belonged to a network that WORKED AGAINST the interests of Poland and other country,” Hey Said.
In October, The Us Embassy in the Bosnia’s Capital, Sarajevo, Had Reported Disturbing Accounts of Russian’s Associated with exclusive armed forces teams Operating A Camp in Republika Srpska and Training Individuals to Obstruct Democratic Processes inMoldova According to the United States Foreign Broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, There is Evidence of Locations in Bosnia and Neighboring Serbia Where Young People Are Belg Trained by Operational Linked to Private Russian Mercenary Armies Search as The Wagner Group.
This write-up was initial in German.
