First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said that without Russian Federation, Serbian political partner in recent decades, Kosovo would already be admitted to the United Nations. "If Vladimir Putin would be Russian President at the time we were introduced sanctions, when Serbia was in problems and during the wars in former Yugoslavia, Serbia certainly would not have been bombed," said Dacic.

Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin said that there has been no specific progress after the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on normalization of relations.

He also said that a majority in the EU was trying to force Belgrade to abandon its position on the Kosovo issue, "step by step, in negotiations for EU membership."

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said that many European countries recognized Kosovo's independence, despite the fact that the referendum on the secession from Serbia was never held, adding that the same should be applicable in the case of Crimea. In an interview for Italian newspaper Lee-mes, he said that opposing Crimea's right to join Russia, which happened in accordance with International Law, is simply absurd.

The refusal of the General Assembly of UNESCO to accept Kosovo membership confirmed the commitment of that organization to the principles of international law stipulated by the UN SC Resolution 1244.

Kosovo, which is still controlled by the UN, cannot be considered a legal state and therefore cannot aspire to membership in international institutions, and consequently to UNESCO, was said in a statement of the ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

Attempts to allow Kosovo's membership in UNESCO leads to the politicization of the activities of the organization, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting with the General Director of UNESCO Irina Bokova. "With all the complexity of international life, it is important to avoid politicization of UNESCO activities. That’s how we see now the situation related to the attempt to allow Kosovo's membership in the organization, violating in such a way the UN Resolution 1244," said Lavrov, as reported by TASS.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although, Russian Ambassador in Belgrade Alexander Chepurin  said there was no official announcement on Vucic's meeting with Putin - because "meetings at that level are announced only a day or two in advance," Vucic’s cabinet confirmed that the meeting is scheduled for Thursday.

The outcome of voting at the UNESCO General Conference on admitting the so-called "Republic of Kosovo" is difficult to predict, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexey Pushkov said yesterday.

Russia and its allies oppose the Kosovo's membership in UNESCO, Pushkov told reporters ahead of the promotion of his book in Serbian language: "Post Scriptum - Can Putin Help Russia".

The only possible exit from the labyrinth in which the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic found himself, after the extradition of the draft platform of 36 points for Chapter 35, which represents the essential recognition of Kosovo's statehood, are the early parliamentary elections and Russia's help.

Analyst Cvijetin Milivojevic predicts such an option.

Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin, complained about the presence of Kosovo representatives at a counter-terrorism summit organised by the United States on Tuesday, saying the UN building was under the “command” of US President Barack Obama. ”They (Kosovo officials) are sitting in the hall together with other UN members,” Churkin told reporters. “It is not correct, of course. To hold such meetings on UN premises means they have no respect for the UN ... this is beyond UN rules,” said the Russian envoy.

At this point, it is difficult to predict the epilogue of diplomatic war about the Srebrenica resolution, because Moscow and London have wide consultations in East River, in order to get support for their proposal in the Security Council, writes the paper.