Bosnia's Serb Leader Dodik Avoids Prison Term as Elections Loom
The decision was requested by Dodik, who's struggling to retain his job as president of Republika Srpska — one of two ethnic entities that make up the war-scarred nation. Another court had sentenced him to prison time earlier this month, also banning him from public office for six years.
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