Slavisa Ristic, an independent deputy to\u00a0the National Assembly of\u00a0the Republic of\u00a0Serbia (Narodna skup\u0161tina) has told Sputnik that he has never concealed his affection towards\u00a0Russia but\u00a0it does not mean that he has been spying in\u00a0its favor.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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\u201eI am the very Serb from\u00a0Kosovo who has been always saying that our future is within\u00a0Serbia, not in\u00a0independent Kosovo or within \u201eGreater Albania,\u201c he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eProbably it has irritated someone and I was \u201eappointed\u201c a spy,\u201c he further suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n

The politician also said that even though it is hard to\u00a0understand why such accusations have been labelled, however he can suggest that thus the instigators are putting targets on\u00a0their foreheads for\u00a0the Albanian extremists not to\u00a0miss them. It is a way of\u00a0frightening the Serbs, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile Marko Jaksic, former member of\u00a0the Presidium of\u00a0the Democratic Party of\u00a0Serbia, has provided his own explanation to\u00a0Sputnik. He said that Kosovo has simply decided to\u00a0join the anti-Russian hysteria which is currently sweeping through\u00a0the Balkans.<\/span><\/p>\n

He reminded that Kosovan politicians do not like\u00a0the firm position against\u00a0Kosovo independence, pursued by\u00a0him and his colleague Dragana Trifkovic, who also used to\u00a0be a member of\u00a0Ko\u0161tunica\u2019s party and has been also recently labelled as\u00a0a member of\u00a0the \u201espy network.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eI love Russia and think that close ties with\u00a0Russia is our only chance to\u00a0stay within\u00a0Kosovo. Russia is our only defender. But I have never been a spy \u2013 neither Serbian nor anyone else\u2019s,\u201c he told Sputnik.<\/span><\/p>\n

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