Serb separatist Dodik declares victory in Bosnia vote as ethnic tensions and EU hopes collide
- On Sunday, SNSD leader Milorad Dodik declared a "magnificent victory" for his party in Bosnia's election, crediting Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump for the win.
- At a rally in Banja Luka on Friday, Dodik told supporters Bosnia "is dead" and "doesn't make any sense," continuing separatist rhetoric while defying national authorities despite his legal ban from office.
- The Central Election Commission reported a 42% turnout, with technical delays affecting 201 of 1,957 polling stations, while ally Zeljka Cvijanovic secured more than 55% of votes for a presidency seat.
- Analysts warn the results deepen ethnic divisions rooted in the 1995 Dayton peace agreement, raising instability fears as Dodik remains influential despite his legal ban from public office.
- Expert Adnan Cerimagic said Dodik's rhetoric should be viewed as part of a "long escalation" rather than current reality, as the country struggles with governance amid external ethnic pressures.
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The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIK) published preliminary results from 80 percent of polling stations. Denis Beqirović (164,369), Darijana Filipović (92,854) and Željka Cvijanović (213,812) are leading for the Presidency of BiH, while Savo Minić (202,245) is leading for the President of the Republika Srpska entity. For the first time in the post-war history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first preliminary voting resul…
Serb nationalist Milorad Dodik credits 'vast majority' to Trump, Putin
Pro-Russia Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik – who is serving a six-year ban from holding public office for defying rulings of Bosnia’s international envoy and Constitutional Court, claimed victory on Sunday, saying his party would hold a “vast majority”.
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, a success of the nationalist forces is emerging. Milorad Dodik has declared his party SNSD the electoral winner and thanked Trump and Putin.
<p>Allies of the pro-Russian Dodik held power in Bosnia's elections, and he thanked Trump and Putin's Milorad Dodik party retained key positions and control of the Serbian parliament. Dodik linked the victory to Trump and thanked Putin.</p>
Former Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik said his party had retained power in the entity and its seat in the country's tripartite presidential council, the presidium, in Sunday's elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Former Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik said his party had retained power in the entity and its seat in the country's tripartite presidential council, the presidium, in Sunday's elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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