Kosovo and the UN Security Council

Andrej Ivanji reports from Belgrade that "in Serbia the view is gaining ground that the West is prepared to do the Serb people a terrible injustice, while Russia is a true friend and partner. Only a handful of analysts are pointing out that Russia's support could turn out to be very deceptive and that Belgrade's policies, led astray by emotion, could trigger a wave of anti-Western feeling in Serbia. State President Boris Tadic, who now stands rather isolated, has repeatedly warned that regardless of the Kosovo issue, the EU is Serbia's most important partner and that there is no alternative to the country's European perspective. Unlike in Belgrade, people in Pristina are convinced that in the end Russia will give in and at least tacitly consent to Kosovo's independence."

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