The spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that yesterday's bloodshed in northern Kosovo and Metohija is a direct consequence of the policy of the Prime Minister of the interim institutions in Pristina, Albin Kurti, and that there is a threat of continued ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Metohija. calls RTV.

"There is no doubt that yesterday's bloodshed is a direct and immediate consequence of the rule of the so-called "prime minister" Albin Kurti in order to inflame the conflict and clear the territory of the region of the Serbs", according to the statement of the Ministry published on the website of the Russian Ministry.

Kurti's attempts to escalate the situation and cause additional pressure from the West on the Serbian leadership in order to force Belgrade to recognize the "independence" of Kosovo are a constant fire game, which, as we see, is too expensive and is taking the entire Balkan region on the brink of danger"

Zakharova said that the Kosovo police systematically punish the Serbian community and that there is a direct threat of continued ethnic cleansing previously practiced by Albanian extremists in Kosovo.

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