A court in Bosnia on Wednesday sentenced pro-Russian Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in politics for six years because of his separatist actions.
The historic ruling by the court in Sarajevo came after a year-long trial against Dodik on charges that he disobeyed the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country.
The leader and his lawyers were not in court for the sentencing. Dodik has said he will not abide by the ruling and threatened "radical measures" in response, including the eventual secession of the Serb-run entity in Bosnia called Republika Srpska from the rest of the country.
Dodik's separatist threat has stoked fears in Bosnia, where ethnic massacres from 1992-95 left 100,000 people dead and millions displaced. The US-sponsored Dayton Accords ended the war nearly three decades ago. (A2 Televizion)
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