Local elections test Bosnian Serb leader's popularity
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Bosnians are voting in municipal elections marked by a battle in the Bosnian Serb half of the country between a pro-European Union coalition and the pro-Russia separatist party that has ruled that region for more than a decade.
Some 3 million voters will choose mayors and municipal councils in both of Bosnia's two semi-autonomous regions on Sunday.
Republika Srpska and the Bosniak-Croat Federation have their own governments, presidents and parliaments, but are linked by a set of shared state-level institutions.
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Led by President Milorad Dodik, who has dominated the Bosnian Serb political scene for years but started to see political setbacks, the ruling party of Republika Srpska campaigned on a promise of Serb secession from Bosnia.
Dodik's opponents have focused on bread and butter issues while accusing him of corruption.