"I tried to prevent the police": a Russian detained in Kosovo was released
2019-05-28T17:02:12.132Z
A Russian officer of the UN mission in the region detained in the north of Kosovo has been released, the organization’s press service reported. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry called a flagrant act the unlawful arrest of a Russian possessing diplomatic immunity during the operation of a Kosovo police special forces. On Tuesday morning, his forces on armored vehicles invaded the territory of the northern regions of the autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija. Several dozens of Serbs and Bosnians were detained, and representatives of the International Mission under the auspices of NATO (KFOR) said that the actions of the special forces were not directed against the Serbs and were connected with the ongoing operation against crime. The head of the unrecognized Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, told reporters that the Russian had been detained for trying to thwart the actions of the police forces.
Source: russiart