Russia gives firm “no” to West’s Kosovo plan at U.N.
Russia gave a definitive “no” on Monday to a European-American draft resolution on Kosovo that would end a U.N. presence and put European representatives in charge of the Serbian province. The Russian response to the revised U.N. Security Council draft leaves the West in a quandary on whether to call a vote that Moscow would veto or to move ahead on a route toward independence for Kosovo outside of the 15-member council. Full Story