Friday, March 7, 2014

Putin mocks the West and threatens to turn off gas supplies

Via Billy

 

Couldn't find this in English, but you can make out a good bit. 

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Russia also scuttled a third ship in the Crimean harbour of Donuzlav to tighten its blockade on the doggedly loyal Ukrainian navy vessels trapped behind Russian lines. 


Vladimir Putin has mocked diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine crisis as Russia threatened to disrupt European gas supplies by cutting off sales to Kiev over its unpaid debts.


The Russian president said through his official spokesman that, despite deep disagreements with the West, he did not want a confrontation over Ukraine to spiral into a “new cold war”.


Nevertheless Dmitry Peskov ridiculed Western demands for direct talks between the Kremlin and the new Kiev government.

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