George W. Bush likes to say that America is a country of law. Well, if this is so than people in Washington have start playing by the rules.



- Washington's insistence on granting Kosovo independence is at odds with international law and could provoke separatist tendencies throughout the world, a Russian senator said on Thursday.

At a UN Security Council session on Wednesday, the United States rejected Russia's proposal to continue talks over the future status of Serbia's predominantly Albanian province.

Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Federation Council's international affairs committee, told RIA Novosti: "Washington has repeatedly highlighted the unique nature of the Kosovo case, but no one has bothered to explain exactly what that means. What sets Kosovo apart from Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Northern Ireland, and many other ethnic and religious enclaves scattered throughout the world?"

The senator said there will be nothing to prevent these regions from demanding independence according to the Kosovo scenario.

"Evidently, American diplomacy forgets that with Washington's support and connivance, Pristina is blocking all initiatives by the international community," Margelov said.

The UN official deadline for an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on Kosovo ran out Monday, and the province's leaders have said they intend to unilaterally declare independence early in 2008. The United States and leading EU powers have said they will recognize Kosovo's independence when a declaration is made.

However, Russia has warned of a chain reaction if the province breaks away from Serbia, causing other separatist regions, including those in the former Soviet Union, to follow suit.

The Contact Group's troika of mediators - Russia, the United States and the European Union - submitted to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a report on December 10 saying that the parties had failed to reach an agreement after "120 days of intensive negotiations."

At the latest talks in Austria in late November, Pristina continued to insist on full independence, while Belgrade was only willing to offer the province wide autonomy.

Kosovo has been a UN protectorate since 1999, when NATO's bombing of the former Yugoslavia ended a war between Serb forces and ethnic Albanians.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071213/92335940.html

January 22, 2008
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW.

President Putin with the 2007 winners of the Public International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations. From left to right: Crown Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia Alexander Karageorgevich II, Partriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Aleksei II, Her Royal Highness Princess Katarina, wife of the Crown Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, Bishop Athanasius Kirinskii, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitrii Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW.President Vladimir Putin met with Partriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Aleksei II and the winners of the Public International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations.
First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitrii Medvedev also took part in the meeting.
Partriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Aleksei II presented bouquets of flowers with the portraits and biographies of the prize winners to the head of state and first Deputy Prime Minister.
The Public International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations (IFUOCN) was established in 1995 and acts with priorities in revival and strengthening ties of spiritual brotherhood of nations confessing Orthodoxy, in activating their efforts in cultural and social cooperation.



http://kremlin.ru/eng/sdocs/news.shtml#158652

any thoughts of your own...
this your czar is doing it for chechen

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It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

I expressed my opinion in the very first post. How come you didn't notice, Adriano?

So, Adriano, do you have any thoughts of your own?

Every single democracy that recognized Kosova is committing an illegitimate act and only you and Russia are on the right side of the law, eh?


Russia defending international law, together with Serbia. ( No pun intended =) )

xDonnax, do you agree that the recognition of Kosovo is against international law and therefore NOT lawfully legitimate?


xDonnax, I see that you just don't know the subject. Romania is against Kosovo independence too.

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just because slimeball putin says its against the law?.....

and why are you not saying the EU,who apparently agrees with the US,is also breaking I.L.?.....it sounds like the usual game of politics to me....if you aint getting nothing out of it,be against it,if you are,be for it....

If a law or a rule don't accomodate US they can change the law or the rule,
or they can declare an unique situation.

And certainly it is nonsense if third world counries try to use the international laws to corroborate their standpoints.

US is greatest empire in the world.

Remind me why international law matters?

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Stop asking the same questions in the "Forum Help" section. Just read this post:

No I don't, nor do the 43 countries ( so far ) that have recognized Kosova.

It's quite ironic when countries such as China, Russia, together with Serbia try to " defend international law ". When Serbia for one, has broken law after law.


" The American, French and British ambassadors responded to Serbia's president Tadic stating that "Serbia never accepted any serious negotiations in the last 3 years, continuously broke the 1244 Resolution, intentionally ignoring the reality while attempting to create destabilization by fomenting violence in the neighboring country, Kosovo." "

http://www.newkosovareport.com/20080...vo-status.html




I'm very well aware of the subject. The reason why Romania hasn't recognized the new born country, has nothing to do with " defending international law ".