For Dodik, June 7 -- Milorad Dodik has made no secret of where his loyalties lie. Speaking on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Saturday, the chairman of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats of Republika Srpska told RIA Novosti that his next stop in Moscow was already fixed: September 25. "I was here on May 9th, I was here on May 28th, I am here today, and I will be here again," he said, with a cadence that sounded less like a diplomat's itinerary and more like a statement of alliance.

which closed Friday with $89.57 billion in signed agreements across 142 participating nations - he is effectively running a parallel track of Balkan diplomacy out of Russian venues.

The September date appears tied...