While conveying the possibility of a veto, Russia’s current strategy is to delay a Security Council vote as long as possible by prompting a new fact-finding mission to Kosovo, which will most likely be followed by renewed insistence on another effort to negotiate a settlement. Serbia welcomes delay in the hope that this will stimulate violence by frustrated Kosovars, thereby increasing Europe’s opposition to independence and bolstering Serbia’s dedication to maintaining the status quo, or, as a last resort, to partitioning Kosovo.
俄国一方面表示有可能行使否决权，另一方面，其当前的战略是通过促成组织一个新的前往科索沃的真相调查团来尽可能地拖延安理会表决，几乎随之而来的将会是重新坚持再一次谈判解决问题。塞尔维亚欢迎拖延，希望这将会激发受挫的科索沃人的暴力，从而增强欧洲反对独立的立场，巩固塞尔维亚维持现状，或者作为最后手段分割科索沃的坚定立场。