Jelena Shesternina's article on Serbia's threat of war, misses all the key points.Not failing, like many of her Western counterparts, to be condescending towards anything Serbian, the article covers a lots of ground
on anything but realy important. First, the "threat" of war in the interview was anything but. However, the Albanian leadership in Kosovo has been threatening with violence, and the executition of well planned or random violence with impunity for years. In West, this is their "unalienable right".

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 04:38 GMT

"Serbia threatens new war". To: RIA Novosti political commentator Yelena Shesternina. Dear Yelena, For Serbia to "invade" Kosovo, takes assumption that these are two separate countries. As this is not the case, by UN Resolution 1244, Kosovo and Metohija still is part of Serbia. Your vocabulary is obviously pro-albanian, maybe you should stick to Russian Government's stand on this issue as they obviously know more about international laws and sovereignty of countries around the world. Using your logic Russia should give away Chechnia to their terrorists there who killed Russian kids in Beslan? Well we have same type of islamic terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija, that burnt down all Orthodox Churches and Monasteries, and kicked out almost all Serbs from their own country. If you favour these facts, then something is terribly wrong with you. I for one would never wish something like that to happen to my Russian Orthodox brothers. May God forgive you for your article.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 04:42 GMT

WASHINGTON, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – United States military officials and weapons experts are advising the leadership to drop diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear program, and prepare for military action, FOX News reported.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 05:24 GMT

NAZRAN, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – A traffic police officer was shot dead by unknown assailants in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia near the province's largest city, Nazran, local police said on Wednesday.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 05:39 GMT

MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 767.92 points, up 0.93% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 05:52 GMT

MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow prosecutors concluded that Kommersant journalist Ivan Safronov committed suicide of his own free will, and have dropped a criminal case on forced suicide, the business daily wrote on Wednesday.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 05:53 GMT

MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 516.7 billion rubles ($20.3 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 15% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 06:05 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over Syrian visa restrictions on Iraqis fleeing violence, the UN News Center said.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 06:37 GMT

TOKYO, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation on Wednesday, following an upper house election defeat and controversy over his country's support for Afghanistan operations.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 06:45 GMT

MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – The head of Russia's electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) said in an interview with a British newspaper Wednesday that Russia would be prepared to turn over 25% of its electricity sector to foreign investors.

// Sep. 12, 2007 - 08:21 GMT