If we fail to represent the smaller countries vying for political independence then every nation can point out our blatant avoidance of our own values. Our hippocracy will be a discrepancy that we cannot avoid or argue.
At the same time, russia's assuredness in her own subtelty will likely lead to an open show of goodwill towards the kosovoans, or at least a reluctant acceptance. Behind the scenes, however, will likely take place poorly disguised geurilla attacks on key political leaders and military personell, if not to bring them back into the fold, then to prove a point to other would-be seperatists.