Russia blocks G8 moves on Kosovo independence
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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 said on Friday international  recognition of Kosovo would influence its policy towards the  Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but  it did not say if it would recognize them.
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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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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 on Wednesday backed its  ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the  United Nations or other international organizations if the  breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Major powers at a G8  summit were deadlocked on Friday over the breakaway Serbian  province of Kosovo, with Russia resisting the terms of a French  plan to delay a U.N. vote on its independence.
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President Vladimir Putin's newly appointed envoy to NATO emphasized Moscow's opposition to Kosovo's independence bid Thursday, but said Russia would not send peacekeepers to the Serbian province.
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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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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.
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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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Moscow says Kosovo will never be accepted as a state by the UN if it declares independence.
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Russia warned the West on Tuesday against recognizing a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, saying it could set off a chain reaction of secessionist movements in Europe and around the world.
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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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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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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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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.