Mladić was legally convicted of genocide in 2017. ^[1] On his orders, approximately 8,300 unarmed Bosnian men and boys were executed in July 1995. ^[2] Ratko Mladić, a former Bosnian Serb general, died at the age of 84 in his prison cell in The Hague. ^[3] Aleksandar Vranjes, Bosnia and Herzegovina's ambassador to Belgrade, told TASS on September 1 that Western countries have applied double standards to the Serbian people for more than three decades. ^[4] Mladić's actions contributed to the deaths and displacement of over two million people as part of Greater Serbian policy. ^[5] Aleksandar Vranjes claimed that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague was essentially created to convict Serbs. ^[6] Aleksandar Vranjes noted that prison sentences handed down by the ICTY to Serbian military officers and members of the Republika Srpska leadership totaled more than 1,000 years, including seven life sentences. ^[7] Aleksandar Vranjes stated that crimes against the Serbian people committed by Bosniak and Croat forces are deliberately ignored by Western representatives. ^[8]