Russia warns on Kosovo as G8 ministers meet
77609
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.
301738
MUNICH, Germany  - Europe risks opening a "Pandora's box" if it recognizes Kosovo's independence despite Serbian objections, a top Russian official said on Sunday.
181432
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.
518993
A senior U.S. diplomat called Sunday for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status.
720310
Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
523604
Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, a Downing Street spokesman said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race.
392068
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.
500259
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.
647647
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The G8 summit reached deadlock on Friday over independence for the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, with Russia rebuffing France's bid to avert Moscow's threatened veto by delaying a U.N. vote.
515445
WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
127039
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.
64720
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.
198538
Russia insisted Friday that Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs hold new negotiations on the province's future status without any promise of independence if the talks fail &#151; a stand strongly opposed by the U.S. and European Union nations.
247058
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.
468971
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.
235733
Russia warned Kosovo's leaders that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions
634635
The European Union warned  Kosovo on Thursday against an &quot;irresponsible&quot; declaration of  independence after Russia again rejected a Western-backed  United Nations resolution that would effectively grant the  move.