Russia says new EU role in Kosovo "not impossible"
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Russia's foreign minister said in a  television interview on Friday it was "not impossible" that the  European Union could take over the U.N.'s role in the breakaway  Serbian province of Kosovo, provided Belgrade agreed.
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Russian president says recognition of Kosovo's independence would be 'immoral and illegal'
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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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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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The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.
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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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The European Union must be ready to guide Kosovo on an unstoppable path to independence after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on the Serb province's future, the incoming EU presidency said on Thursday.
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Russia blocked Kosovo&#39;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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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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BRUSSELS/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.
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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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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for a productive summit with the European Union on Friday despite his opposing views on how to deal with Iran and Kosovo.
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Russia will accept a partition of  Serbia&#39;s Kosovo province if that is what both Belgrade and  Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian majority agree to, Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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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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Russia remains at loggerheads with Western nations over Kosovo, despite months of diplomacy.
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Russia said Friday it could not rule out freezing its participation in a treaty limiting non-nuclear heavy weaponry around Europe after its attempt to overhaul the accord was rebuffed in what a diplomat called "fine, polite, elegant lip service."