But Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters secession would be a mistake and everything possible should be done to "prevent negative developments". Speaking after talks with EU officials, Mr Lavrov accused foreign powers of pushing Kosovo towards independence.
The breakaway Serbian province is expected to make a
declaration soon, possibly at the weekend. EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Kosovo needed stability. "We hope we will be able to convince Russia that the [current] situation is unsustainable," she said.
A civilian police and justice mission for Kosovo is expected to be given the go-ahead by EU member states by the end of the week. A senior official told the BBC's Oana Lungescu in Brussels that deployment of the 1,800 staff would be staggered over four months.
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Russian representatives has said that despite the increasing tensions over Kosovo's independence that they will not impose sanctions. Though Russia has said it will not impose sanctions, Kosovo's independence is sure to shake them up a bit. Kosovo is planning to annouce thier independence this weekend. Russia feels as though it is the push of the Western world rather than what Kosovo's people want. Whichever may be true, This will increase tensions between the Western world and Russia. This conflict has the momentum to tear Kosovo apart, and wrap major pieces of the world in it. A major power struggle could irrupt depending on how Kosovo's indepence is announced.
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