All for One and One for All: Diplomatic Recognition of Kosovo, Abkhazia and South-Ossetia

... recognized Abkhazia and South-Ossetia to reduce Western influence in the Southern Caucasus. Yaroslav Lissovolik, Ekaterina Chimiris: Serbia–EAEU: Integration Prospects in a Free Trade Area If it were about International law and the Montevideo Convention, Russia would have also recognized Transnistria or Nagorno-Karabakh, and Western ... ... have recognized other territories in the post-Socialist space instead of only pro-Western Kosovo. Spain — a member of the European Union and a NATO member state — is the only country in Western Europe that has not recognized Kosovo. This was initially ...