Russia digs in heels against West&#39;s Kosovo plan
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Russia refused to budge on its  opposition to a new Western-backed draft U.N. resolution paving  the way for Kosovo independence as the Security Council  discussed the document for the first time on Friday.
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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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President Vladimir Putin's newly appointed envoy to NATO emphasized Moscow's opposition to Kosovo's independence bid Thursday, but said Russia would not send peacekeepers to the Serbian province.
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Russia gave a definitive &quot;no&quot; on  Monday to a European-American draft resolution on Kosovo that  would end a U.N. presence and put European representatives in  charge of the Serbian province.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for a friendly summit with the European Union on Friday but is sticking to long-held tough positions on Iran and Kosovo.
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Moscow will not back any U.N. plan for Kosovo unless both Serbia and its breakaway province support it, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday, pouring cold water on a fresh attempt to find compromise with the West.
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Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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Russia has warned that a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could start a chain reaction. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the step - expected on 10 December - would destabilize Europe, and that Russia was therefore against it. Russia has repeatedly said that it will oppose any deal on the future of Kosovo that is not acceptable to Serbia. The U.S. has indicated that it will recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo if no agreement is reached by 10 December.
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MUNICH, Germany  - 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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In the wake of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s apparent victory, Moscow has been wary of Ukraine&#39;s perceived drift towards the West, and the Kremlin recently
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Russia rejected the final version of a U.S.-European Union draft resolution on Kosovo's future status Wednesday, setting the stage for a vote that would lead to a Russian veto or moving the debate outside the U.N. Security Council.
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The United States and Germany made one last appeal to Russia on the future status of Kosovo before deciding on Friday whether to shelve a U.N. Security Council resolution Moscow has threatened to veto.
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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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Russia&#39;s U.N. ambassador denied  on Tuesday that Moscow and Western powers had reached a  compromise on the future of the U.N.-run Serbian province of  Kosovo, dismissing a report in a Croatian newspaper.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by Europeans and the United States that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months.
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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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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.