Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik appears in court ahead of trial

The political leader made a brief appearance at the opening of his trial on Wednesday before his defence asked it to be relocated to his home town.

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00:00 The political leader of Bosnian Serbs, Milorad Dodic, has made a brief appearance at the

00:07 opening of his trial on Wednesday.

00:10 He's being indicted for refusing to recognize rulings made by the international envoy charged

00:15 with overseeing the enforcement of the Dayton Agreement that ended the country's bloody

00:19 civil war in the 1990s.

00:24 If found guilty in this unprecedented trial, he could face up to five years in jail, as

00:29 well as a ban from politics.

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