In regards to Kosovo I feel the same as I do towards Ukraine. Kosovo is Serbian land, as Ukraine is Ukrainian land. The Albanians and Russians are both guilty of imperialism.
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Plenty of evidence available, and widely published even to the UN. That's why the Minsk Agreements were made, to try and stop it. But of course, Ukraine didn't keep their side of the deal and the West (Merkel and Macron, etc) turned a blind eye to Kiev's crimes. And Western media anti Russian narratives deliberately buried the real facts, and kept pushing lies. That's why we are where we are today. Our governments are incredibly corrupt and evil.
My country is one of the founding members from 1949 and I am in favor of the Alliance.
I don't care
Again, says Putin. I don't believe anything that comes out of Moscow these days, and what I despise Puttin most for is the fact that we in Europe can't withdraw from NATO at this point. Had he not been aggressive towards his neighbours since 2008 (Georgia), NATO might well have been a dead letter by the 2010s and a democratic Ukraine, doing as it wants and making its own choices as a free and democratic country would not have been a "risk" for them - but something tells me that he can't accept anyone in his area not doing as he wishes, because it would pose a risk to him: what if the Russian population would see a free, democratic country on his doorstep, that is actually doing well ? That's the whole reason why he invaded Ukraine: so he could stay in power himself by destabilising Europe.
I used to be in favour of the Netherlands leaving NATO. Still no fan of it, but Putin managed to make NATO viable again. Some folks in Brussels will be mightily pleased. Still, this Norwegian song sums up my feelings:
Det kviskrar frå oljeog stålprodusentar.
Det kviskar i Pentagons fredskanselli.
På fem kontinet kviskar Moskvas agentar;
"Gløym vårt krigsmaskineri!"
And:
Dei rustar og mobliserer
Atter kanonar for smør!
I aust står dei klar til å hærta Europa,
I vest trugar NATO med verdspolti
Dei rivialserer!
Snart høyer du ropa;
"Krig for verdshemgemoni!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_GBfiKjJZ8
When push comes to shove, they are both the same. But Putin is the more urgent problem. If he had been a smarter man, he would have convinced Europe to take in Ukraine, leave NATO and form a neutral zone. But he just couldn't help himself but invade his neighbours. Claiming all sorts of nonsense - like that Austrian painter back in 1939.