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Bosnia’s Serb Leader Dodik Avoids Prison Term as Elections Loom
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Bosnia’s Serb Leader Dodik Avoids Prison Term as Elections Loom
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s top court said ethnic Serb leader Milorad Dodik can pay a fine instead of serving a year in prison for defying orders stemming from the peace deal that ended the Balkan country’s civil war three decades ago.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has granted the request of the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to replace his prison sentence with a fine. Dodik has now paid the fine, and his defense has also filed an appeal with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina against the decision of the State Election Commission to revoke his mandate, media in Bosnia and Herzegovina report.
Court Commutes Milorad Dodik’s Jail Sentence to a Fine
The state court accepted a plea from Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who was sentenced to a year in prison and given a six-year ban on holding political office, to convert his jail term to a fine of 18,660 euros.Selma Melez, August 12, 2025Milorad Dodik in the Republika Srpska parliament. Photo: BIRN.The Bosnian state court on Tuesday accepted a proposal from Milorad Dodik’s defence to convert his one-year prison sentence for disobeying the d…
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik escaped a one-year prison sentence, but appealed the ban on political activity.
The main electoral body of Bosnia and Herzegovina stripped Milorad Dodik of his presidential mandate after the final verdict, which he purchased. What can these decisions produce?
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued a decision to commute the prison sentence imposed on the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to a fine.
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