"In February, the highest court in the country sentenced Dodik to a year in prison and barred him from all political activity for six years for disregarding decisions by the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, and for his separatist policies that sought to remove Republika Srpska from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He avoided a prison sentence by paying a fine. Yet despite the court's ruling and the fact that he was, until recently, under US sanctions, Milorad Dodik once again came out on top."
"The day after Sunday's snap presidential election in Republika Srpska followed the usual script for elections in the Serb-majority entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, with everyone claiming victory, and no one conceding defeat. Sinisa Karan, the candidate backed by ousted President Milorad Dodik's ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), emerged victorious, with his supporters hailing his triumph."
A snap presidential election in Republika Srpska produced a formal victory for Sinisa Karan, backed by the SNSD, while opposition parties rejected the results and accused the SNSD of electoral fraud. SNSD officials framed the outcome as a rejection of foreign actors and the Office of the High Representative. The vote followed the Central Election Commission's earlier revocation of Milorad Dodik's mandate and a court sentence that barred him from political activity; Dodik avoided prison by paying a fine. The recent lifting of US sanctions against Dodik undermined the authority of the High Representative and bolstered Dodik's position in the entity.
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