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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Europe SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Thursday, February 22, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Europe|Bosnia’s Dysfunction Snarls Efforts to Curb Moscow’s Reach in the Balkans https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/world/europe/bosnia-gas-pipeline-russia.html * Share full article * * * 55 Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT BOSNIA’S DYSFUNCTION SNARLS EFFORTS TO CURB MOSCOW’S REACH IN THE BALKANS The United States and Europe have championed a new pipeline to bring gas to Bosnia and cut supplies from Russia. But the project has been stalled by feuding among ethnic groups. * Share full article * * * 55 * Read in app A worker making checks at a gas facility in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, this month.Credit...Vladimir Zivojinovic for The New York Times By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina Feb. 22, 2024, 12:00 a.m. ET Get it sent to your inbox. Already struggling to contain intractable crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, the United States is also grappling with an impasse in the Balkans over a gas pipeline into Bosnia, an issue that is freighted with big geopolitical stakes. The project, backed by both the United States and the European Union but blocked by the ethnic feuds that have long hobbled Bosnia, aims to break Moscow’s stranglehold on gas supplies to a fragile nation tugged between East and West. The proposed pipeline, which would bring in natural gas from neighboring Croatia, a member of NATO and of the European Union, would be only 100 miles long and cost roughly $110 million, a pittance next to the $15 billion it took to build the Nord Stream gas connector between Russia and Germany. But it would severely reduce Moscow’s influence in a highly volatile region. Russia frequently used its control of energy as a weapon against Ukraine in the years leading up to its full-scale invasion in February 2022 and has since used it to undermine European unity by offering sweet energy deals to countries such as Hungary and Serbia. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Russia has no territorial claims on Bosnia or other Balkan nations, and its main goal has been to keep them from integrating with the West. Image The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany in 2022. The project cost $15 billion to build.Credit...Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times Map locates existing and proposed pipelines in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. CROATIA SERBIA Existing pipelines Novi Grad Krk Banja Luka Proposed pipelines (supported by Serbia and Russia) Serb area Existing pipelines Proposed pipelines (supported by the U.S.) Travnik Zenica Sarajevo Muslim-Croat federation Split BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Mostar Adriatic Sea 50 miles CROATIA Proposed pipelines (supported by Serbia and Russia) Existing pipelines SERBIA Banja Luka Proposed pipelines (supported by the U.S.) Travnik Sarajevo BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Split Mostar Adriatic Sea 50 miles By Julie Walton Shaver Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Andrew Higgins is the East and Central Europe bureau chief for The Times based in Warsaw. He covers a region that stretches from the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Kosovo, Serbia and other parts of former Yugoslavia. More about Andrew Higgins Read 55 Comments * Share full article * * * 55 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 55 Bosnia’s Dysfunction Snarls Efforts to Curb Moscow’s Reach in the BalkansSkip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options