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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Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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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 will change its policy towards  the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia if  Kosovo is recognized as independent, Interfax news agency  quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Friday.
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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.
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MUNICH, Germany  - 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.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused  Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to  sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential  election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is  expected to win.
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Russia has received an extradition request from Britain for an ex-KGB agent wanted in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, Interfax quoted a spokesperson for the prosecutor general as saying Monday.
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The United States and Europeans discarded on Friday their U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future status because of Russian opposition.
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Russia said on Thursday the  United Nations had no authority to impose a solution on Serbia  over the status of its breakaway Kosovo province and only a  negotiated deal was acceptable.
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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.
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Russia's foreign intelligence service has denied poisoning a former spy, the Interfax news agency says.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday said  Europe's main election watchdog was seeking to sabotage plans  for monitoring the March 2 presidential election.
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Britain is using the case of murdered  Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in a political campaign  that is harming ties with Russia, Interfax news agency quoted  Russia&#39;s foreign minister as saying on Friday.
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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.
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Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence.
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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.