10 September 2016, 12:20 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to Knyrik, the head of the News Front Serbian edition, Oksana Sazonova, and video operator Sergey Belous were detained in Velika Hoca when they were filming a story about Orthodox churches and the life of Albanians and Serbs in the region.
"The journalists have been accused of violations of the Kosovo stay requirements, their video recording equipment was confiscated, the detained are not being allowed to contact their relatives, or the Russian diplomatic mission in Serbia," Knyrik said as quoted on the News Front website on Friday.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, and has since been recognized by over a hundred UN member-states, including the United States. Belgrade considers Kosovo to be part of Serbia. Dozens of countries, including Russia, do not recognize Kosovo's sovereignty.
