A Russian journalist, Daria Ashlamovahe was stopped in Kosova for suspected espionageKosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said in a message posted on Saturday night.
In a statement published on the social network Facebook, the minister assured that several countries verified that Aslamova acted in her territories as a spy for the secret military services of Russia. and stressed that the journalist launched propaganda in favor of the Russian occupation during the war in Ukraine.
According to Xhelal Svecla, the journalist tried to enter Kosovo a week after the tensions “caused by criminal structures” in the north of the country, and on the same day that “the same criminal structures led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic” fired on the police. . .
Last week, Serbs blocked roads in northern Kosovo in protest at the authorities’ attempt to force them to use Kosovar driver’s licenses and license plates instead of Serbs, a move strongly supported by Russia.
The coincidence between their attempt to enter the country and the development of the situation in the north clearly shows the link with Russia and its propaganda that aims, together with Serbia, to destabilize our country,” Svecla said.
The Kosovar authorities will thoroughly investigate Aslamova’s intentions in Kosovo, the minister announced in the message posted on Facebook, in which she published photos of the journalist hugging Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and smiling at Syrian President Bashad al-asado .
The Kosovar Interior Minister announced, on Sunday morning and also in a publication on the social network Facebook, that he declared the journalist Daria Aslamova as “undesirable person in the Republic of Kosovo”, being “prohibited from entering the territory for five years“.
Anyone who, for certain purposes or guidelines, violates or attempts to destabilize our country, will certainly face the force of the laws of the Republic of Kosovo,” he added.
Unknown gunmen fired on a Kosovar police patrol on Saturday – without causing injuries – in northern Kosovo, inhabited mostly by Serbs who do not recognize the authorities in Pristina.
More than a hundred countries recognized the independence of Kosovo proclaimed in 2008, including most of the countries of the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, but not Russia, China, Spain or Brazil.
The country divided since the civil war (1992-1995) and with permanent tensions between Bosnian (Muslim), Serb and Croat leaders, the three constituent peoples recognized by the Dayton Accords, will hold legislative elections on October 2.
Source: Observadora
