Bosnian prosecutors have ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions in recent weeks that have heightened tensions in the Balkan country.

Bosnian state prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik and his aides for ignoring a court summons, a move which Dodik pledged to resist with help from Russia in a widening standoff over the fragile country.

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik gestures during a news conference after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the

Bosnian officials are challenging a set of laws barring the state judiciary and police from operating in the part of the country controlled by the Bosnian Serbs, legislation that has fueled tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan country.

The court said that implementation of these laws before it makes its final ruling on their constitutionality would have "serious and unavoidable consequences."

The parliament of the autonomous Serb Republic was discussing on Thursday the draft of a new constitution that would equip the region with sovereign authority. It also provides fo

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Prosecutor ordered the summon of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and two of his close associates for allegedly attacking the country’s constitutional order, deepening tensions in the fragile Balkan state.