The BIH court granted the request of Dodik's defense to replace the imprisonment with a fine.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has granted the petition of the defense of the head of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to replace the imprisonment with a monetary fine. This was reported by the Dnevni avaz newspaper on August 12.

"The prison sentence imposed on convicted Milorad Dodik has been commuted to a fine," the article says.

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On August 6, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of BiH made a unanimous decision to annul Dodik's mandate and call early elections. The Bosnian authorities decided to revoke the mandate after the decision of the Court of appeal, which upheld the February verdict of the politician. Then he was sentenced to a year in prison and deprived of the right to hold public office for six years.

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