“I have been asked to leave Bosnia": Dodik claims European pressure

"I received an offer from powerful European individuals who sent me a message saying they would have no objections if I left and remained free in Hungary, Russia, Serbia, or wherever I wanted—essentially aiming to remove me," Dodik stated during an appearance on the Telering show, on RTRS. He insisted, however, that he would not leave the RS.

A month ago, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an arrest warrant for Dodik and ordered a one-month detention period due to his refusal to respond to a summons from the BiH Prosecutor’s Office as a suspect.

In a first-instance verdict, Dodik was found guilty of disregarding decisions made by High Representative Christian Schmidt. Additionally, he is under investigation for the suspicious purchase of a villa in Belgrade and has refused to attend a hearing in that case.