Editor: Benjamin Loring

Contributors:
Ani Chkhikvadze
Risa Chubinsky
Brice Jordan
Sarah Radomsky

4/20/15 4/24/15

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Dodik said
that Turkey prevented his plane from flying over its territory,
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preventing Dodik from attending a ceremony in Yerevan to
mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide. Dodiks plane
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returned to his capital Banja Luka after spending four and a
half hours at an airport in eastern Bulgaria, waiting for
authorization to fly over Turkish territory, his cabinets
statement read. Turkey denied the allegations and accused
Dodik of not following protocol.

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