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Russia Steps Up Support for Serbia

Leaders meet in Belgrade as tensions over Kosovo continue

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(Newser) – Unrest and uncertainty marked the one-week anniversary of Kosovo's independence as ethnic Serbs within Kosovo and around the world continued to protest, and Serbian ally Russia deployed top officials to Belgrade to meet with Serbian leaders, BBC reports. Serb protesters in northern Kosovo brandished posters of Vladimir Putin and a sign reading: "Russia Help!"

Russia continued its clash with the US and Western Europe over Kosovo, accusing the US of "flagrant cynicism" and "contempt for the law." A Serbian minister also called the US the "major culprit for all troubles" in Kosovo, and leaders called on the US to revoke its recognition of the "fake state."

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting in the city of Kazan, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Russia's presidential election will be held on March 2. Medvedev is en route to Belgrade to meet with Serb...
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting in the city of Kazan, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Russia's...   (Associated Press)
A Kosovo Serb man wears a Russian military cap in front of the monument dedicated to first Russian consul in Serbia, during a rally in northern Serb dominated part of ethically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. Kosovo Serbs continued their daily protest against independence of Kosovo,...
A Kosovo Serb man wears a Russian military cap in front of the monument dedicated to first Russian consul in Serbia, during a rally in northern Serb dominated part of ethically divided town of Kosovska...   (Associated Press)
A Serb student wearing a t-shirt showing Russian president Vladimir Putin leads demonstrators protesting against Kosovo's independence in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia with western backing on Sunday while Serbia's strongest ally, Russia opposed any...
A Serb student wearing a t-shirt showing Russian president Vladimir Putin leads demonstrators protesting against Kosovo's independence in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
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