Filmmaker Emir Kusturica said he would not give up an inch of Kosovo because “it was the greatest robbery of the 20th century."

Kusturica is a Sarajevo-born film director and actor who now lives in western Serbia. He is a supporter of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and opposes the separation of Kosovo from Serbia.  

Speaking for N1’s Pressing talk show, Kusturica said that “the solution lies in seeking a solution.”

“We have a situation in which they have ID cards, borders, customs, that was all done long ago, but we have UN Security Council resolution 1244 and the hope that the authorities will not recognize Kosovo and give them a seat in the UN,” he said.  

Asked about the Justice for David protests in Bosnia's Republika Srpska (RS) entity, Kusturica recalled that prosecutors ordered the police to investigate the murder of 21-year-old David Dragicevic on June 28. “There are different ways to find the truth – extreme and political. The investigation should be conducted without the burden created by the public but here everything is vice versa,” he said.

“Someone knows who committed the murder and is doing nothing and that is the person who triggered the whole thing,” he said adding that the law and justice are two things with nothing in common. “I have no problem with the protests up to the moment that someone says the idea was to topple the government,” he said.

Speaking about the protests in Belgrade, Kusturica said that they have “communal justification.”

The renowned filmmaker also said the Russians were always Serbian allies which, according to him does not mean they were always friends.