An ally of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is leading the presidential election in the Serb-run half of Bosnia.
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An ally of ousted Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claimed victory in a snap presidential election after Dodik stepped down under a deal with the US, according to preliminary results.
Milorad Dodik, who wants Republika Srpska to break from Bosnia, said victory of Sinisa Karan would be 'my victory too'.
Voters in the Serb-run part of Bosnia cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new president after former pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik was removed from office because of his separatist policies that were stoking instability in the ethnically tense ...
Milorad Dodik's deal with the US to lift sanctions meant he could no longer be president. But Western officials don't expect him to give up power easily.
The vote occurs at a time of rising secessionist rhetoric in the Serb-majority entity, and with Europe in wider tumult.
Scoping for targets through his telescopic sights, he appeared at first glance to be one of the many Bosnian Serb army snipers lying in the abandoned apartments overlooking Sarajevo.
30 years ago, leaders met to put an end to the atrocities in former Yugoslavia. But Bosnia-Herzegovina has continued to suffer.
Republika Srpska, an autonomous division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is holding a snap presidential election.
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