Dodik declared Bosnia ‘dead’. Irrelevant rhetoric or serious threat?

Milorad Dodik, former President of Republika Srpska, declared at a rally in Banja Luka that Bosnia-Herzegovina is 'dead', calling it an impossible and senseless country. He stated it is now just an empty shell used by those trying to prove themselves right. His comments come amid ongoing political divisions in Bosnia, more than three decades after the Dayton peace agreement, and after elections were held, though Dodik himself was not on the ballot following his conviction for refusing to implement decisions by the international peace envoy. Experts describe his statements as 'populist rhetoric' aimed at destabilizing the country.