Silent spy battle unfolding in the Balkans

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While the world's attention is mostly focused on the Middle East at the moment, a silent spy battle is unfolding in the Balkans. Who are the main players and what are they seeking to achieve?

The president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said in an interview with the Croatian Vecernji list newspaper that a Bosnia-Herzegovina intelligence agency is tasked with spying on the Serbian leadership, as well as on Croatian authorities.

The former chief of Serbia's Security Intelligence Agency, Andrija Savic, told Sputnik that the espionage activities are related to the desire of Western countries to keep the region under control.

"BiH is an international protectorate of the West, and, therefore, attempts to keep everything under control are quite natural. Of course, they [Western countries] want to know more about the ties...