Russia warns Kosovo on independence
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Russia warned Kosovo's leaders Wednesday that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions.
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Russia will accept a partition of Serbia's Kosovo province if that is the solution agreed by Belgrade and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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BRUSSELS/PRISTINA, Serbia  - Seeking to raise pressure on Russia, the European Union said on Thursday it could withdraw the issue of Kosovo's final status from the U.N. Security Council if Moscow does not accept a resolution soon.
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Russia said on Sunday that  Europe risked opening a "Pandora's box" if it went ahead and  recognized the independence of the breakaway Serbian province  of Kosovo.
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Russia said on Friday international  recognition of Kosovo would influence its policy towards the  Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but  it did not say if it would recognize them.
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The United States threatened on Friday to move forward on Kosovo, which is clamoring for independence from Serbia, whether Russia agreed or not to the latest U.N. Security Council draft resolution.
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Serbia cautioned its Balkan neighbors on  Sunday that independence for the breakaway Kosovo province  would destabilize the entire region and seriously undermine its  potential for economic growth.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo is prepared to make a unilateral declaration of independence and is pressing the West to go ahead with a vote at the United Nations even if Russia is likely to veto the proposition.
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Kosovo is prepared to make a  unilateral declaration of independence and is pressing the West  to go ahead with a vote at the United Nations even if Russia is  likely to veto the proposition.
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Serbia says Kosovo independence sets a dangerous precedent for other states with separatist movements.
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Russia will change its policy towards  the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if  Kosovo is recognized as independent, Interfax news agency  quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Friday.
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Kosovo Albanians told the West on Friday to stop wasting time trying to win over Russia to the province's secession from Serbia and prepare for a unilateral declaration of independence.
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Russia warned the United States and  European Union on Monday that it would take a series of  unidentified measures if Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo  unilaterally declared independence.
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The United States urged Russia on Friday not to veto a U.N. resolution on the status of Kosovo, saying the Security Council would lose a role in the province's future and hinting the ethnic Albanian majority may then unilaterally declare independence.
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The United States and Russia are butting heads over the breakaway region of Kosovo, which is awaiting a final U.N. recommendation on whether it will become an independent nation or remain part of Serbia.
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Europe risks opening a  "Pandora's box" if it recognizes Kosovo's independence despite  Serbian objections, a top Russian official said on Sunday.
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Kosovo Albanians told the West on  Friday to stop wasting time trying to win over Russia to the  province&#39;s secession from Serbia and prepare for a unilateral  declaration of independence.