The three journalists of the Russian nationality, the Kosovo police arrested in Partes yesterday, were released from the custody in the afternoon and no criminal proceedings were initiated against them, the Serbian local TV station RTV Puls reported this morning.

“Foreign citizens brought in yesterday, were released around 17.00 hrs from the police station in Gnjilan. No criminal proceedings were initiated against them,” said the Deputy Commander of the Kosovo police in Gnjilane, Shaban Azizi.

The journalists have left Kosovo toward Bujanovac, and headed to the Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade, from where they had a flight back home.