Aslamova, who works for the Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was quoted by the agency as saying she had been released and was now in the Serbian town of Raska. Aslamova and Komsomolskaya Pravda did not address Kosovo’s accusations against her. Svecla posted on his Facebook page some photos of the journalist with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and another with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad among others. Russia is Serbia’s main ally and, like Belgrade, is against Kosovo’s independence. Tensions between western Balkan neighbors Kosovo and Serbia have flared recently and came to a head last week after Kosovo said it would force Serbs living in the north of the country who use Serbian car plates to apply for plates issued from Pristina institutions. The obligation has now been deferred. Serbs make up about 5 percent of Kosovo’s population, which is 90 percent Albanian. In another incident, police said Saturday that one of their patrols near the Serbian border came down in an area of the country marred by ethnic strife and smuggling. “Its attempt to enter our country, which coincides with developments in the northern part of the country, clearly proves that Russia has joined Serbia’s propaganda aimed at destabilizing our country,” he said. Kosovo has joined the European Union and the United States in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has already imposed sanctions. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Fatos Bytyci? Edited by David Gregorio Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.