The Saint Tsar Lazar Guard is a paramilitary terrorist, ultra-nationalist and political organization led by Hadži Andrej Milić and Vasiljevic Zeljko the president of the Tsar Lazar Guard. It was formed by the Movement of Veterans of Serbia

Movement of Veterans of Serbia

Movement of Veterans of Serbia is a minor political party in the Republic of Serbia. It has a single seat within the parliamentary club of the Socialist Party of Serbia within the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, as per the 21 January 2007 election, ratified on 14 February 2007.The...

. It was formed to fight against Kosovo independence from Serbia. It is named after Lazar of Serbia

Lazar of Serbia

Lazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...

, a 14th century Serbian noble who died in the Battle of Kosovo

Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Kosovo took place on St. Vitus' Day, June 15, 1389, between the army led by Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, and the invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Sultan Murad I...

.

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations. The mission was established on 10 June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244...

 ("UNMIK") has prohibited The Guard from entering Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

 and has deemed it illegal. It is considered a group of Serbian ultra-nationalists who utilize rhetorical statements which are very anti-Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

. Such statements suggest that "every Albanian will be killed... ...while Serbs who don’t agree with their views will also be dealt with".

In mid-November 2007, the group said that war in Kosovo was inevitable, and likened the future bombing of Pristina

Pristina

Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....

 to the Serb bombing of Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, Croatia

Croatia

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in the 1990s. In late November, the group's leader was detained by Serbian police and released.