Banja Luka, the capital of Republika Srpska, is only 300 kilometers from the Serbian capital. Moscow is another 2,000 kilometers away. Yet when Milorad Dodik sought support for his controversial referendum on a Statehood Day for the Bosnian-Serb entity he heads, it was the Kremlin he turned to first.
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President of the Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb entity) Milorad Dodik (C) stands next to Mayor of Srebrenica Camil Durakovic after laying flowers at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica, on April 16, 2015. (AFP)
