[farlander]

Well it’s pretty well believed in Russia that NATO security guarantees are not worth the paper they’re written on. They just might test that belief. And somehow I doubt calling that bluff is a losing proposition.

[MarMema]

Holbrooke is a moron.

"The fact that (independence has) not happened as peacefully as people had hoped is the direct result of the incitement to violence by extremist elements in Belgrade, implicitly and privately supported by the Russians," said Richard Holbrooke, a former negotiator in the Balkans under former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

[MarMema]

You gotta give the Russians credit for some humor though

New Kosovo citizens - in their fourth country without moving

Olivera Millic has lived in this house for 78 years. She’s never left her village but has already been a citizen of three countries and from this week she’s the citizen of a fourth.

She has to work in the field as hard as she did as a young girl because it’s not clear which country is responsible for paying her pension.

A few metres from Olivera’s house, NATO has spent more money in the last 24 hours than she’s earned in her whole life.

[MarMema]

Here is the gift that Kosovo has given to Georgia and Russia, however.

Flights are resuming between the two countries!!!

The Russian and Georgian presidents say they expect relations between the two countries to improve in the foreseeable future. President Putin has met Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili for the first time since the latter was re-elected president in January.