INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin on Monday called for a "diplomatic" resolution to a recent flare-up in tensions in Kosovo following attacks targeting the
police."We are in favor of the parties making efforts of a peaceful nature and this situation being resolved through diplomatic means,"
historically close ties, Serbia is one of Russia's few remaining allies in Europe after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into
northern Kosovo to defy Pristina's authority.Tensions escalated this weekend in northern Kosovo after unknown attackers exchanged gunfire
with the police and threw a stun grenade at EU law enforcers.Hundreds of Serbs, outraged over the arrest of a former police officer, set up
latest incidents with Kosovo deciding to postpone local elections in Serb-majority municipalities scheduled for mid-December.
