Iran Press/ Europe: On Monday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova denounced an incident in Kosovo, in which five people lost their lives, as a direct consequence of the policies pursued by Prime Minister Albin Kurti aimed at ethnically cleansing the Serbs from this region.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, on Monday, said that there is a direct threat of resumption of ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Kosovo, which was practiced by Kosovo's Albanian radicals in past.
The attempts by the head of the Kosovo government to "provoke Western countries to increase pressure on Serbia to force Belgrade to recognize Kosovo's 'independence' are a risky game that comes at a high cost and dangerously brings the entire Balkan region closer to a dangerous precipice," Zakharova pointed out.
"The direct threat of a resurgence of ethnic cleansing, previously practiced by Albanian Kosovar radicals, becomes evident."
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that on Sunday night unidentified people opened fire on Kosovo police officers in the northern municipality of Zvecan, killing one and wounding another. The shooting occurred around 03:00 a.m. local time (01:00 GMT) near the village of Banjska, some 30 miles from Pristina.
Later, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that several Serbs were killed and injured in the clashes with police in northern Kosovo and Metohija. 219
