[ZanyProgrammer]

Unless you subscribe to an extreme pan Slavophilism, in which the Balkans are legally and morally Russian territory, then no, Russia had nothing to say in the Balkans.

[iaskwhy]

Not Russian territory but under Soviet (and then Russian) influence. No?

[zmb_]

No, pretty much the exact opposite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito%E2%80%93Stalin_split

[iaskwhy]

Ah, this is very interesting, thanks for the eye-opening link! It actually might explain my previous questions about Kosovo.