Russia warns U.S. and EU over Kosovo independence
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Russia warned the United States and European Union on Monday that it would take a series of unidentified measures if Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence.
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A senior U.S. diplomat called Sunday for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status.
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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 warns it will change its policy towards separatist allies in Georgia if Kosovo is granted independence.
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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BERLIN - The United States and the European Union will recognize Kosovo if the Balkan province declares independence from Serbia in early December when last-ditch negotiations end, senior US and European officials said yesterday.
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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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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 hopes Russia will back a U.N. plan putting Serbia's Kosovo province on the road to independence and does not expect a Russian veto in the Security Council, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the United States, NATO and Kosovo Albanians on Saturday they would be responsible for devastating consequences if they "snatch" Kosovo and declare it independent.
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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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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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Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on  Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to  the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia  continued to block it then the West would act.
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Russia suggested Friday that Kosovo's expected Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia will affect its policy on two separatist regions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. But it stopped short of saying it would recognize the breakaway provinces.
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EU summit urged to agree to independence plan amid fear that Russia would oppose new UN mandate
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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.