Kosovo merges with Albania as a result of Yugoslav Wars

How could the Yugoslav Wars lead to Kosovo to become a part of Albania?
The gambit of Ivanov and other Russian hawks succeeds at Pristina Airport, Romania or Bulgaria cave and one of the two countries allows their airspace to be used for air transit in 1999.

Northern Kosovo is subsequently occupied by VDV troops flown in from Russia to act as UNMIK-mandated peacekeepers.
Meanwhile Albanian pyramid scheme disaster is even worse than OTL.

With the already dirt-poor former province split in two and Albanian situation volatile, the Russian proposals for "an even split" ultimately lead to Åland-style agreement where autonomous Kosovo becomes a part of Albania out of lack of alternatives.
 
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