The almost sensational instructions of Vladimir Putin to the RF government about working out of new mechanisms of the protection of the rights of the Russian citizens, living in the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, became a kind of response of the RF to the Kosovo problem. As it is mentioned in the announcement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, instructions have been made regarding the resolution of the announced course of the Russian authorities on giving support to the population of the two republics, where Russian citizens reside.