Kosovo split possible if both sides agree: Russia
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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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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Russia warned it could be driven to suspend its part in a major arms control accord after talks with NATO states ended on Friday without headway in revising a pact seen as vital for stability in Europe.
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Russia warned Kosovo's leaders 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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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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Russia insisted Friday that Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs hold new negotiations on the province's future status without any promise of independence if the talks fail &#151; a stand strongly opposed by the U.S. and European Union nations.
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Russia's foreign minister says a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo would start a chain reaction.
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Moscow is not prepared to bargain over Kosovo or Washington's plans for a missile shield in Europe and the West must understand this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
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Russia and NATO remain split over U.S.  plans for missile defence and Kosovo independence, a senior  Russian official said on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin  prepared to meet the alliance&#39;s secretary-general.
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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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Russia on Friday gave its strongest  indication yet that it will oppose a proposal by a U.N. envoy  to set the breakaway Serb province of Kosovo on a path to  independence.
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The European Union will seek Monday to set aside divisions and examine ways to end the impasse over Kosovo&#39;s future status after Russia blocked attempts to put the province on the road to independence.
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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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A trio of top EU officials was in Moscow on Monday to try to bridge the gap between Russia and the European Union over the future of Kosovo.
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"Everything else is a sort of violation of international law."  By David Brunnstrom and Douglas HamiltonBRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Russia's envoy in a troika supervising the Serb-Kosovo Albanian talks that started two weeks ago, accused the United States of bad faith for its declaration of support for Kosovo independence later this year. Read more
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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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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.