Russia, China back Serbia, buck West
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The U.N. Security Council will meet Monday to discuss Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia amid bitter divisions over the future of the Balkan territory.
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The last time Kosovo declared  independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it  splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of  the West, which sees no way back.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused in the West of backtracking on democracy, turns East this week to visit China which many in the Kremlin camp see as a model of an economically-successful autocracy.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo   Serbia rejected a U.N. proposal on Friday that paves the way for an independent Kosovo, setting up a possible showdown between its supporter, Russia, and the West over the disputed ...Comment
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Kosovo will declare  independence from Serbia with Western backing the weekend after  the February 3 Serbian presidential election if the nationalist  candidate wins, political sources said on Wednesday.
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"I'm sure that we would get five to eight times more for NIS if it was sold through international bidding"  Serbia endorsed on Tuesday an energy co-operation deal with Russia, envisioning its inclusion in the South Stream gas pipeline project. via SETimes news
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BELGRADE, Serbia â As the dispute over Kosovoâs future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the worldâs best known statesmen â all of them dead.
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Russia won the right on Friday to route  a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a  move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a  "pipeline war" with the European Union.
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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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ROME -- President Bush yesterday received an endorsement in Poland for placing missile interceptors there, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia presented a second alternative in two days for where the United States should install the missile-defense system.
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Russia has warned that a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo could start a chain reaction. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the step - expected on 10 December - would destabilize Europe, and that Russia was therefore against it. Russia has repeatedly said that it will oppose any deal on the future of Kosovo that is not acceptable to Serbia. The U.S. has indicated that it will recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo if no agreement is reached by 10 December.
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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.
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BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia's pro-Western president narrowly defeated an ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic in a closely contested election Sunday only days before an expected declaration of independence by the breakaway Kosovo province.
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Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a US senator called for
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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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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.
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BELGRADE, Jan 26 (IPS) - Russia and Serbia signed a "strategic"  energy deal Friday.