Quentin Peel of the FT worries that Russia could “blunder into confrontation” with its hard-line pursuit on Kosovo’s separatist precedent:

Russia shows its displeasure at Kosovo By Quentin Peel Fall-out from the independence of Kosovo, including its recognition by the US and most of the European Union, continues to reverberate through the Balkans and all the way to the fringes of the former Soviet Union. It now seems likely to complicate the forthcoming Nato summit in Bucharest, and aggravate already tense relations between the alliance and Russia.