Add a nasty election to the mix, and you have a savoury stew of rancid small-state nationalism along Europe's southern flank. Let's start with the referendum vote in Republika Srpska on Sept. 25. Three months later, under its leader Radovan Karadzic, Republika Srpska forces began a brutal war against the rest of Bosnia. A poster in Prnjavor, Bosnia features Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, calling for votes for a referendum on Statehood Day. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, at the Kremlin in 2014.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2016 09:00 UTC