Russia calls EU Kosovo mission illegal: Interfax
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Russia's envoy to Kosovo said on Monday that a proposed European Union police mission to the south Serbian province would be illegal without approval by the UN Security Council, Interfax reported.
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The Ukrainian foreign ministry told the ambassador it believed his statements not to be objective, the Interfax news agency reported.
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"If Russia prevents the council from dealing with this issue ... the process will not stop there. The process then will move outside the council"  By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press Updated 07/18/07 - 5:36 PM 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 ... via The Herald
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BRDO, Slovenia  - The European Union and Russia failed on Wednesday to narrow differences over Kosovo's independence drive but Moscow said it did not plan sanctions against the Serbian province or its backers after any secession.
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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, Russia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russia has warned the former Soviet republic of Georgia it won&#39;t get involved in the South Ossetia conflict, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday.
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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 warns Europe and US against recognising independent state
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union warned Kosovo on Thursday against an "irresponsible" declaration of independence after Russia again rejected a Western-backed United Nations resolution that would effectively grant the move.
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In his last official press conference as Russian president, Vladimir Putin denounced Europe's 'double standards' on Kosovo
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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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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 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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Russia immediately rejected a revised U.N. resolution introduced Wednesday that would delay internationally supervised independence for Kosovo to give the province's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs more time to agree on its future status.
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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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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov issued a strong warning Friday that granting independence to Kosovo could spark a "chain reaction" among other breakaway regions in Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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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.