EU's Borrell urges Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate after latest clashes
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...serbia-de-escalate-latest-clashes-2022-12-12/
In the ethnically mixed area, police carrying automatic rifles were patrolling and guarding an election office where last week Serb protesters attacked police and smashed some of the building's windows.
Later on Monday, hundreds of supporters of Serbian rightist and ultranationalist organisations, some waving Russian flags, rallied in downtown Belgrade in support of Kosovo Serbs, demanding the Serbian government to intervene in Kosovo.
Protesters who marched through Belgrade city center waved flags and chanted "Kosovo is Serbia." There were no incidents.
Serbia enjoys support of Russia, its traditional Slavic and Orthodox Christian ally, in opposing Kosovo's independence. Belgrade is one of last European allies of Moscow after it launched an invasion on Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said Moscow would back Serbia's policies.