Following the end of the conflict in BiH, Mladic returned to Belgrade, where he lived freely under the protection of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and often appeared at football matches, in restaurants and on Montenegrin beaches.
Po okončanju sukoba u BiH Mladić se vratio u Beograd, gde je živeo slobodno pod zaštitom bivšeg jugoslovenskog predsednika Slobodana Miloševića i često se pojavljivao na fudbalskim utakmicama, u restoranima i na crnogorskim plažama.