Russia warns on Kosovo as G8 ministers meet
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Russia warned other world powers on Wednesday not to decide the fate of Kosovo on their own, saying only talks between Belgrade and Pristina could solve a row over independence for the Serbian province.
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Russia says a draft UN resolution supporting Kosovo independence is unacceptable and hints at a veto.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will Friday meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit, with tensions between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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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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NATO defense ministers faced a tense meeting with their Russian counterpart Friday after the Western alliance angered Moscow by agreeing to deepen cooperation with Georgia.
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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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Russia will accept a partition of  Serbia&#39;s Kosovo province if that is the solution agreed by  Belgrade and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian majority, Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Russia blocked Kosovo's bid for independence from Serbia on Friday at a G8 summit on the Baltic coast, in a public setback for Western leaders who support it and want action this month.
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Russia warns it will change its policy towards separatist allies in Georgia if Kosovo is granted 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 unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo would damage security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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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 denounced Kosovo's independence declaration Sunday and called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, underlining its opposition to the Serbian province's Western-backed bid for statehood.
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Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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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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Serbia's President expects Russia, China and some other U.N. Security Council members to back further talks on the status of Kosovo, though the West says all avenues of possible compromise have been exhausted.
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A push by Russia for more talks  over the future of Serbia's Kosovo province ran into immediate  opposition on Wednesday in the U.N. Security Council from  Western countries who say such talks would be pointless.