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On Wednesday, the President of Republika Srpska was sentenced to prison and barred from office for secessionist actions and violating the constitution. So in this video, we'll explain what happened, BiH's complicated politics and what might happen next.
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Sources:
B&H governance structure
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/08/bosnia-herzegovina-elections-the-worlds-most-complicated-system-of-government?CMP=twt_gu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
Why Christian Schmidt is a controversial figure
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/russia-china-fail-at-un-in-bid-to-shut-down-bosnia-peace-envoy/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/07/bosnias-peace-envoy-changed-laws-mid-election-but-what-does-it-mean
Dodik’s clinetism
https://2021-2025.state.gov/targeting-financial-and-political-enablers-of-milorad-dodik/
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/us-sanctions-bosnian-serb-leaders-children-for-corruption
https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-dodik-us-sanctions-serb-leader/32647111.html
Dodik’s trial
https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-dodik-signs-law-schmidt-decisions-high-representative/32493786.html
https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/prekinut-transport-gasa-za-sarajevo-iz-rs-a-kazu-da-zbog-podrske-dodiku-kvar-mogu-popraviti-tek-u-cetvrtak/250225162
Dodik’s sentencing
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/26/top-court-ruling-may-bar-bosnian-serb-leader-milorad-dodik-from-politics
https://sarajevotimes.com/court-of-bih-we-make-decisions-based-on-the-law-and-evidence-not-on-external-pressures/
RS opposition distance themselves from Dodik
https://n1info.ba/vijesti/poziv-nsrs-da-ne-odrzi-sjednicu-ne-vjerujem-u-povrat-svega-u-48h-to-me-plasi/
https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/i-oni-su-otkazali-poslusnost-predsjedniku-milorad-dodik-nije-republika-srpska-1023813/
Russia and Serbia’s reactions to sentencing
https://n1info.ba/vijesti/popov-dobro-da-gradjani-srbije-i-opozicije-nece-da-stanu-iza-dodika/
https://n1info.ba/english/news/russia-warns-that-dodiks-guilty-verdict-will-have-harmful-consequences/
00:00 Introduction
01:02 The Context
03:43 The Trial Explained
05:14 What Happens Next?
07:22 Brilliant (Sponsor)