Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Dodik: "We refuse without hesitation to move towards NATO despite persistent pressure in this direction" The two leaders met in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan.

Bosnia is today a country divided into two entities: Serbian, in favor of the country's military neutrality, and Croat-Bosnia, whose leaders want the country joins NATO. The Russian head of state thanked Dodik for “maintaining regular relations with Russia”