BANJA LUKA, Bosnia—Pro-Russia Serb leader Milorad Dodik won a race to fill the Serb seat in Bosnia’s three-member presidency, deepening ethnic divisions in the country that faced a brutal war some 25 years ago. Preliminary official results from Sunday’s election gave Dodik 56 per cent of the vote and his main opponent, Mladen Ivanic, 42 per cent. Dodik claimed victory in a race for the Serb seat of Bosnia’s three-man presidency, a post he will share with Muslim and Croat leaders in a country splintered by ethnic divides. The United States has imposed sanctions on Dodik for actively obstructing efforts to implement the 1995 Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnian war. Article Continued BelowAlong with the Bosnian presidency, voters picked the Serb president and the two entities’ parliaments and cantonal authorities.

Source: thestar October 07, 2018 23:37 UTC