Russia demands closure of high representative post in Bosnia

Schmidt had held the powerful position, established by the Dayton Peace Accords, since 2021. "We demand that Western countries cease their intervention in the domestic affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina," Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Balkan nation. "We insist on the immediate closure of the OHR," he said. "It is past time for them to gain genuine sovereignty and independence." Nebenzia said the departure of Schmidt, whom his country never recognized...