Russia rules out Kosovo sanctions
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Russia says it has no plans to impose sanctions on Kosovo in response to its expected declaration of independence.
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Russia said on Saturday it had no plans for a major build-up of forces following its decision to freeze compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
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Russia dismissed on Thursday the latest United Nations draft resolution on the future of the province of Kosovo, saying it amounted to the same old Western-backed plan for independence dressed up in new language.
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Russia has no plans to mass armed forces near its Western borders after freezing compliance with a landmark arms treaty signed at the end of the Cold War, senior government and army officials said on Saturday.
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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 seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to  set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but  may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other  concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.
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A U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future was set aside Friday in the face of a possible Russian veto, with its U.S. and European Union supporters opting instead to pursue negotiations outside the council.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia on Wednesday not to provoke or blackmail Russia as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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A senior U.S. diplomat called for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status, but Russia's foreign minister said Monday that any resolution that is unacceptable to Serbia will not pass, Russian news agencies reported.
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Russia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend Moscow's participation in a key European arms control treaty, approving President Vladimir Putin's initiative in a widely expected show of defiance to the West.
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Western nations softened a draft resolution to back U.N. plans for a future Kosovo state, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of a veto unless there were radical changes.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo looked forward on Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.
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Moscow will not back any U.N. plan for  Kosovo unless both Serbia and its breakaway province support  it, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said on Monday, pouring cold  water on a fresh attempt to find compromise with the West.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its  ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the  United Nations or other international organizations if the  breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Europeans discarded a UN resolution on the future status of Kosovo yesterday because of Russian opposition, prompting Kosovo to propose independence from Serbia for Nov. 28.
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Russia defended on Monday its decision not to back a UN resolution that threatens Sudan with sanctions if it does not halt violence in the Darfur region, and said it hoped to increase arms exports to the African state.