Major Political Party Leader In The Balkans Calls For Trump, Putin To Help Him Create New Christian Nation In Europe

Milorad Dodik, who leads the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in Republika Srpska, is urging President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to back independence for the Serb-run entity inside Bosnia and Herzegovina. He made the plea in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation, conducted days before the country's general election. Dodik said he would consider seeking European Union membership for an independent Srpska, arguing its prospects are better than they would be through Bosnia. He pledged that secession would be peaceful and said American approval alone would be enough, adding that he would keep supporting Trump even without it.

Dodik was removed as the entity's president by Christian Schmidt, the international high representative, who in July 2023 changed the criminal code to penalize failure to carry out his decisions with six months to five years in prison. Dodik called Schmidt illegitimate. Željka Cvijanović, the Serb member of the national presidency and a close Dodik ally, appeared to echo the independence push at a rally by calling for a referendum. She is running for the Serb seat against Marinko Božović.

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