Grasping Kosovo "Independence"

Just came across this article at spiked-online, which characterises the current situation in Kosovo as it appears "on the ground" right now. Here's an excerpt:

Under the terms of this model, the UN protectorate will be replaced by the ‘European Union Rule of Law Mission’ (EULEX), a 2,000-strong nation-building mission, incorporating police and judicial officials from the European Union to manage Kosovo’s legal system. Like the UN viceroys that preceded him, Pieter Feith, the head of EULEX, will have sweeping undemocratic powers to dismiss public officials and veto parliamentary legislation.

The question this raises in my mind is whether Russia's strong stance against Kosovo's "breakaway" is actually a stance against the EU machine taking over from the UN, rather than a domino theory fear that other autonomous movements are going to use this as a springboard for their own declarations of independence. One supposes that time will tell, depending on what Serbia does given the deal it's recently been offered by the EU, balanced against the anti-independence mania sweeping its streets.