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Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system

Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik, who is running for the President of Republika Srpska, speaks during campaign rally of Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik, who is running for the President of Republika Srpska, waves with three fingers during campaign rally of Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) Zeljka Cvijanovic of Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), who is running for the Bosnian Presidency, speaks during campaign rally in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) Zeljka Cvijanovic of Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), who is running for the Bosnian Presidency, speaks during campaign rally in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik, center right, who is running for the President of Republika Srpska and Zeljka Cvijanovic, center left, who is running for the Bosnian Presidency listen to the party anthem at the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) campaign rally in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) Zeljka Cvijanovic of Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), who is running for the Bosnian Presidency, attends a campaign rally in Istocno Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) A man at the bus station looks at the election posters of the People and Justice Party (NiP) in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) People pass by an election poster of Bakir Izetbegovic who is running for the Bosnian Presidency on the upcoming elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) People pass by an election poster of Zeljko Komsic who is running for the Bosnian Presidency on the upcoming elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) A man passes by an election poster of the candidates of the People and Justice Party (NiP) in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) A woman passes by election posters of the candidates of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) People pass by an election poster of Zeljko Komsic who is running for the Bosnian Presidency in the upcoming elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) A man walks beneath an election poster of Denis Becirovic ahead of the upcoming elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) A man begs for money and food on the street next to an election poster in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) The Bosnian Parliament building is reflected on an election poster of Bakir Izetbegovic who is running for the Bosnian Presidency on the upcoming elections in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. On the face of it, Bosnia's upcoming general election could be about the fight against corruption and helping its ailing economy. But at the time when Russia has a strong incentive to reignite conflict in the small Balkan nation, the Oct 2. vote appears set to be an easy test for long-entrenched nationalists who have enriched cronies and ignored the needs of the people. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)