Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over the race and ethnic tensions simmer

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia holds a general election Sunday in which citizens of the multi-ethnic Balkan nation are focused on everyday problems, while some mainstream politicians are whipping up war-era tensions that have kept the country divided since its brutal 1992-95 conflict.Once polls open at 7 a.m. local time, around 3.4 million voters in Bosnia will choose three multi-ethnic presidency members, lawmakers for the national Parliament and heads of institutions for the country's two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. The complex network of institutions was created in a U.S.-brokered peace agreement that ended the war.Taking center stage in the contest is a staunchly pro-Russian politician who, despite not appearing on the ballot, has dominated the campaign and inflamed divisions that have sparked fears of renewed instability. Milorad Dodik, the separatist and nationalist former president of the Serb-majority Republika Srpska, has been banned from holding public office after being convicted of defying decisions by the international envoy overseeing the 1995 peace agreement. Just back from a tri...