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For that reason, the leader of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) will visit Russia at the end of the election campaign in BiH and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the article said, citing diplomatic sources.

Lavrov will meet with Igor Crnadak, and will also be welcomed by members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Lavrov and Crnadak should also sign a Consultation Plan between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for the period 2019/2020.

Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, starts his first visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, visiting Sarajevo and East Sarajevo and Banja Luka, in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska.

Several hundred people led by Davor Dragicevic, father of David Dragicevic - the young man killed in March in unsolved circumstances - spent Wednesday night in front of the police department in Banja Luka, the main city in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, demanding to know who killed the 21-year-old.

Around hundred people gathered on Monday in Banja Luka, the administrative centre of the Bosnia's mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, for the consecration of a new Russian church and cultural centre, which are being built in the centre of the city.

Sergey Lavrov will come to Sarajevo on September 21, not on Sunday as planned, Bosnia's Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak told FENA news agency on Thursday evening.

Crnadak explained that the Russian Foreign Minister told him that he postponed the visit due to unexpected changes in his schedule.

Republika Srpska Interior Minister Dragan Lukac on Monday said local police had arrested a suspect in the case related to the attack on journalist Vladimir Kovacevic on August 26.

"Kovacevic recognized the attacker," Darko Culum, RS Police Director, said at the press conference.

Each option that is being offered should be given serious consideration, Dacic added.

Marijan Benes died on Tuesday at the age of 67 in Banja Luka, the main town in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska.

Born in the Serbian capital Belgrade, Benes was known as one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history.

He won nine titles in Bosnia, four Yugoslav titles and a number of other competitions during his amateur career.

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik has said the announced visit of Kosovo Foreign Minister Pacolli to Banja Luka - for Wednesday's gathering of foreign ministers of member states of the South East European Cooperation Process, SEECP - is not acceptable.