Russia Would Support a Crippled Kosovo

David L. Phillips, a former senior advisor to the U.S. State Department, was quoted saying that Russia opposes any agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, except for a deal that would transform Kosovo into a crippled state through badly-concepted border adjustments.

Phillips also said that “support for the idea for Kosovo’s partition would suit Russia’s strategic objectives because it would incite divisions within Kosovar society that could result in violence and discredit the Kosovo project”.

“President Thaci was deceived by Vucic and Putin to think that border adjustment is a possible option. This is not the solution. A border adjustment would weaken Kosovo and create splits in Kosovar society,” he added.