By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Milorad Dodik, the separatist president of Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska, has threatened that the entity might declare the EUFOR Althea mission an army of occupation.

The president of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic defied rulings by the international envoy to Bosnia, whose role is to prevent the multi-ethnic Balkan state slipping back into conflict.

Moscow supported Milorad Dodik after he banned the judiciary and security forces in Serb-majority regions following his conviction, sparking sharp condemnation from the U.S. and the EU.