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Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Daria Aslamova has been detained by the Kosovo authorities, former “ambassador” of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo to the United States Vlora Chitaku said.
Chitaku wrote on Facebook (banned in Russia as an extremist organization) that Aslamova was detained while trying to cross the border from Serbia to Kosovo. The ex-“diplomat” called the journalist a “Putin apologist” and a “Russian propagandist.”
Earlier, the so-called “Interior Ministry” of Kosovo reported on the detention of a journalist. The head of the department, Jelal Shvetsla, said that Aslamova was detained at one of the checkpoints in the north of the country. He unprovenly accused the Russian woman of espionage, referring to the fact that “several countries have proved that she was engaged in espionage activities” in the interests of Russian special services under the guise of journalistic activities.
A message appeared on the Komsomolskaya Pravda website that Aslamova was in the region on the instructions of the editorial board and planned to prepare a special report on the aggravation of the Serbian-Kosovo conflict, but currently does not get in touch. So far, Russian diplomatic structures have no information about Aslamova’s detention and whereabouts.
The escalation of the situation around Kosovo arose in early August due to Pristina’s plans to ban cars with Serbian license plates and documents from entering the region. There were riots in the northern regions of the region. After recommendations from Washington, the Kosovo authorities postponed the entry into force of the ban for a month.