President of Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) Milorad Dodik addresses his supporters reacting to a court decision on charges that he defied rulings by an international peace envoy, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Amel Emric
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Serb Republic is expected to bar the state police and judiciary from operating on its territory on Thursday, a day after a state court ordered the Russian-backed separatist Serb president to step down for defying an international peace envoy.
Russia said the six-year political ban and one-year jail term handed down to Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik was politically-motivated and would destabilise the Balkans, a region in southeastern Europe riven by conflict in the 1990s.
