Bosnian Serb Republic Premier Milorad Dodik said he met with the chairman of the Russian Duma's International Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, in Moscow on Sept. 15 and discussed the overall situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the upcoming elections, and inter-party cooperation between the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats and United Russia, of which Kosachev is deputy chairman, SRNA reported. Dodik said he would also meet with Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko and sign an agreement between the Russian Energy Ministry and the Serb Republic government on the construction of a gas pipeline.