Russia may pressure Serbia to undermine western Balkans, leaders warn

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43% : Šefik Džaferović, the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, warned that his country was particularly vulnerable to Russian meddling, as Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the presidency who has close links to the Kremlin, is threatening to withdraw Bosnian Serb participation from the national army, judiciary and taxation system - in effect ripping up the Dayton peace treaty that ended the war in 1995.

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