President of the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo Vios Osmani-Sadriu declared people of non-Grata of two Russian diplomats from the branch of the Embassy of Serbia in Pristina. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
On October 14, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharov demanded that NATO contingent in Kosovo, so that the military alliance was pacified by Kosovoalbanian radicals. She called on NATO allies to “fulfill their mandate” on the self-proclaimed republic.
October 13, Kosovo special forces arranged a raid in the city of Kosovo-Mitrovica, with mainly Serbian population. According to official information, the security officials conducted a “search for criminals”. However, the actions of the special forces caused discontent of local residents, riots began, attacks on law enforcement officers.