The Russian President Vladimir Putin received today in the Kremlin the Prime Minister of the Republic Srpska, Savo Minic, and the President of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Milorad Dodik, and wished them luck in the elections on October 4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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29/09/2026
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Lusa
“ Athe general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina will take place next. Russian representatives will participate as observers. We wish the government coalition you represent a success,” Putin said in a meeting with Minic and Dodik, the Russian agencies reported.
The Russian Head of State expressed confidence that “no foreign influence” could prevent the “patriotic forces” of the Srpska Republic, the Serbian entity which, together with the Croatian-Muslim Federation, is part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, from receiving the mandate “to continue to defend the rights and interests of Bosnian Serbs and their constructive interaction with Russia”.
Putin recalled that the Russian position on the conflict is based “on a fairer attitude towards the Serbs”, so that the situation remains stable.
“ Disbelieve any of the participants in this resolution process will not contribute to stability or peace in this complex territory,” he stressed.
Dodik, a pro-Russian nationalist politician, attended the Victory Day celebrations on Nazi Germany in May.
Bosnia experienced, between 1992 and 1995, the bloodiest war of the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. After about 100,000 dead and millions injured and displaced, the war ended in 1995 with the Dayton Agreement, which created two autonomous entities: one for the Serbs and one shared by Croats and Bosnians (Muslims).