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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik attends a news conference following his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Zinaida Morozova's Mansion in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP)

EU member Slovenia bans pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader from entering the country

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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik looks on during a press conference after an appeals court in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed an earlier court ruling that sentenced to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, August. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Lawfare and the Bolsonaro of the Balkans

By Rod Blagojevich

FILE - Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik gestures during a news conference after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic, File)

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office by Bosnian election authorities

By Amer Cohadzic - Associated Press

The United States of America penalizes European Union illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s global vendetta against Trump: How lawfare extended beyond America’s borders

By Rod Blagojevich

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik gestures during a news conference after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian court seeks international arrest warrant for pro-Russian Serb president Dodik

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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik watches ruling by the court after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnia’s top court temporarily suspends separatist laws adopted by Bosnian Serbs

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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik speaks after a court sentenced him to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years over his separatist actions, during a rally in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnian officials challenge separatist Bosnian Serb laws before top court as tensions soar

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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, center, and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, smile, during a rally on the eve of a scheduled court verdict that could order the pro-Russia Serb leader banned from politics or even sentenced to prison in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

A court in Bosnia sentences separatist Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to 1 year in prison

By Amer Cohadzic - Associated Press

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, center, rallied as tensions soared on the eve of a scheduled court verdict that could order the pro-Russia Serb leader banned from politics or even sentenced to prison in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Supporters of separatist Bosnian Serb president Dodik rally as he awaits verdict fueling tensions

By Radul Radovanovic - Associated Press

In this photograph made available by the Republika Srpska Presidential Press Service, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks after receiving the Order of Republika Srpska from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik during his visit to Banja Luka, Bosnia, Friday, April 5, 2024. Orban is on a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Republika Srpska Presidential Press Service via AP)

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives a medal from pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president Dodik

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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Bosnian Serb separatist leader wowed to carry on weakening his multiethnic, war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite the pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. "I am not irrational, I know that America's response will be to use force…but I have no reason to be frightened by that (realization) into sacrificing (Serb) national interests," Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

U.S. fighter jets to fly over Bosnia in a sign of support to the country as Serbs call for secession

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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik uses his phone prior to the start an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Bosnian Serb separatist leader wowed to carry on weakening his multiethnic, war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite the pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. "I am not irrational, I know that America's response will be to use force…but I have no reason to be frightened by that (realization) into sacrificing (Serb) national interests," Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik vows to tear his country apart despite U.S. warnings

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Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije, center, speaks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. They talked about the situation in the region and upcoming important meetings between the delegations of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

International officials, groups warn Bosnian Serbs new libel law is contrary to proclaimed EU path

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Bosnian Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia Milorad Dodik, right, welcomes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their meeting in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Lavrov is on a two-day visit to Bosnia. Both are wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

Bosnian Serbs say icon given to Russian minister not stolen

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Bosnian Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia Milorad Dodik, right, welcomes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their meeting in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Lavrov is on a two-day visit to Bosnia. Both are wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

Gift to Russian minister triggers diplomatic probe in Bosnia

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A horse carriage carries the coffin containing the body of Slavisa Krunic during his funeral procession in his home village of Glamocani, outside the northern Bosnian city of Banja Luka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Thousands of people in Bosnia have attended the funeral of a prominent businessman and government critic who was gunned down this week in a mafia-style ambush. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Thousands mourn Bosnian government critic slain in ambush

By SABINA NIKSIC - Associated Press

As tensions rise, Bosnian Serb businessman slain in ambush

By SABINA NIKSIC - Associated Press

A Bosnian woman casts his vote at poling station in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Polls have opened in Bosnia for a general election that could install a pro-Russian nationalist to a top post and cement ethnic divisions drawn in a brutal war more than 20 years ago. Sunday's vote is seen as a test of whether Bosnia will move toward integration in the European Union and NATO or remain entrenched in war-era rivalries. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

The Latest: Partial tally has nationalist Bosnian Serb ahead

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US embassy denies meddling in Bosnian election

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for talks with members of the Bosnian three-member presidency in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. Russia’s foreign minister is visiting Bosnia, an ethnically-divided Balkan country where Moscow has maintained strong influence among the country’s Serbs. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

Lavrov says Russia won’t interfere in Bosnia Oct. 7 election

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC - Associated Press