# Russia works to prevent Pristina from carrying out ethnic cleansing in Kosovo — envoy

https://mins.news/en/item/26196

- TASS, 2026-08-19 13:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2175155

> Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said Moscow is doing everything possible to prevent Pristina from implementing plans for ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Metohija. He called support for Serbia in the international arena one of Russia’s most important foreign-policy directions.