A court in Bosnia has sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years due to his separatist actions, as tensions escalate in the fragile Balkan state.
The landmark ruling in Sarajevo followed a yearlong trial on charges that Dodik defied the top international envoy overseeing peace in the country. The judgment is expected to become final after the appeal process.
