Russia dismisses new Kosovo resolution
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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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Russia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend Moscow's participation in a key European arms control treaty, approving President Vladimir Putin's initiative in a widely expected show of defiance to the West.
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Russia refused to budge on its  opposition to a new Western-backed draft U.N. resolution paving  the way for Kosovo independence as the Security Council  discussed the document for the first time 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 rejected the final version of a U.S.-European Union draft resolution on Kosovo's future status Wednesday, setting the stage for a vote that would lead to a Russian veto or moving the debate outside the U.N. Security Council.
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In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of
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Chechnya's Russian-backed government Thursday dismissed a rebel cease-fire declaration, saying it was a publicity stunt that could not be trusted.
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Russia has suspended its participation  in a key pact limiting conventional forces in Europe through a  decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in  a statement on Saturday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Russia rejected as unacceptable yesterday a new UN 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 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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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Moscow will not back any U.N. plan for Kosovo unless both Serbia and its breakaway province support it, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday, pouring cold water on a fresh attempt to find compromise with the West.
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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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The United States and Europeans discarded a U.N. resolution on the future status of Kosovo on Friday because of Russian opposition, prompting Pristina to propose independence from Serbia for November 28.
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Russia says it has no plans to impose sanctions on Kosovo in response to its expected declaration of independence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday rejected a key recommendation of a United Nations panel on expanding the UN Security Council, saying any reform would be one-sided if new members did not have veto power.
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Russian officials suggested Friday that Kosovo's U.N. envoy is biased, questioning his ability to settle the breakaway province's dispute with Serbia over independence, and called for more changes in a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo.