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Re: Kosovo MPs proclaim independence
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Originally Posted by ginge51
What did Russia say about this?
And did they veto it?
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The UN Security Council went into emergency session on Sunday evening after Russia called for the United Nations to declare the Kosovo declaration illegal.
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters that the resolution allowing the UN to administer Kosovo since 1999 was still in force so there could be no legal basis for any change in status.
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Russia's foreign ministry has indicated that Western recognition of an independent Kosovo could have implications for the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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The signs are not favourable. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7249317.stm
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