Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, Feb. 21 dependency prevail, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address. «It was striking that the Ukrainian authorities preferred to act in such a way as to have those rights and advantages in relations with Russia, but not incur any obligations. Instead of partnership, dependency began to prevail, which on the part of the Kiev authorities sometimes acquired an absolutely unceremonious character,» Putin said. According to him, it is enough to recall «permanent blackmail in the field of energy transit and banal theft of gas.»
Russia has fully paid off Ukraine's debts, Putin saidPosted by: Vladimir Lavrentiev
