Srna

Russia's ambassador to Bosnia, Petar Ivanov, and Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb President, have criticised the UK for "meddling" in the October general election campaign" after Britain's Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, recently announced that the UK will send 40 extra military personnel to counter any "malign external influence" and to ensure "free and fair" general elections in Bosnia.

News agency Srna reports that former Bosnian interior minister Alija Delimustafic and the former bodyguard of wartime president Alija Izetbegovic, Jusko Skrijelj, were arrested in the major operation on Friday morning in East Sarajevo.

After the International Monitoring Operation, which oversaw Bosnia's 2013 census, issued its final seal of approval on Wednesday, the Institute for Statistics in Bosnia's Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, has continued to insist it will not accept the results.