Russia has no immediate plans to try to undo Kosovo's independence in the United Nations
Prithiv Chauhan
Feb. 21, 2008

In an interesting move, Russia sounded cautiously conciliatory on Kosovo. The move is in conflict with regional stability and Russia will continue to disagree "out of our concern for the future of international relations," Peskov said yesterday at the Nixon Center, a Washington-based think tank.

According to international think tanks, it is interesting to note that Russians are upset but is not making a big deal out of it. In private, Russia tells its allies, Serbia is far stronger country economically without Serbia. Let the Americans pick up the ‘Kosovo burden’.

Russians warned that the Kososvo incident sets a dangerous precedent for other separatist groups around the world such as Palestinians, Basques and Northern Cypriots to bypass negotiations and set up their own states.

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Prithiv Chauhan
In private, Russia tells its allies, Serbia is far stronger country economically without Serbia. Let the Americans pick up the ‘Kosovo burden’.
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