Bosnian Serb nationalist Milorad Dodik’s SNSD retained its grip on power in Bosnia’s October 4 election despite Dodik being banned from public office.

Preliminary results showed his ally Zeljka Cvijanovic leading for the Serb seat in Bosnia’s three-member presidency, while Denis Becirovic led for the Bosniak seat and Darijana Filipovic for the Croat seat.

Dodik said his party would not change course, declaring: “No one should ask us to change our politics.” He also thanked Putin and praised Trump.