“Republika Srpska is a state and Russia is its ally”. Milorad Dodik, the president of the predominantly Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not someone known for mincing his words. The referendum on whether RS should celebrate January 9 as a “state holiday” being held today proves he does not shrink from a good political fight either. It poses a frontal challenge to the authority of Bosnia’s Constitutional Court which has ruled that the choice for the Christian Orthodox holiday of St. Stephen braches the basic law’s anti-discrimination provisions. The plebiscite has come as an opportunity …read more
Source: The American Interest
