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...-- through which Europe gets some 20 percent of its gas. With Ukraine in the grips of a presidential election, many fear that Kiev might miss a monthly payment to Russia. Putin has called on Europe to put up over $1 billion to help...

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...the republic of Georgia. It has swallowed up Belarus. Mr. Putin told former President George W. Bush that Ukraine is "not even a state," demanding that Kiev join a new pan-Slavic union. Moscow is also using economic blackmail, especially by...

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...Chancellor Werner Faymann. Speaking about Ukraine's ability to pay for Russian gas, Mr Putin reiterated, referring to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that Kiev did have financial capacities. ''The problem is that there is a...

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...for the gas supplies. Bogdan Sokolovsy, the chief energy advisor to the Ukrainian president, said last week that Kiev's ability to pay for the gas was "an open question" and may even require a loan from Moscow. Ukraine has been sticking...

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...than as a result of Ukraine's crumbling economy. Kiev has enough money to pay for Russian gas, Putin told the United Russia meeting, citing data from the International Monetary Fund. Kiev has gold reserves of $27 billion $28 billion, and...

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...across a swath of Central and Western Europe. Moscow is pointing the finger at internal politics in Kiev and is complaining about disputes over bills owed by the latter to the former. The risk of a northern winter row over payments for...

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He said his Kiev counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko told him that Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko, "is blocking normal cooperation between the central bank... and the Ukrainian government and blocking the transfer of appropriate funds.

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...and Moscow would be avoided. His upbeat mood contrasted with repeated warnings by Russian officials earlier this year that gas flow to Europe could be cut off should Kiev fail to pay its gas bills on time. "It would be very good to meet...

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...Aug. 23, 2009 Ukrainians holds hold a poster depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and a comment reading "No more drinking for Medvedev" in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. The poster,...

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