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Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Accuses Russia of Stalinism
Created: 02.07.2005 12:20 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 12:20 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1120292421)); </SCRIPT> , 22 hours 30 minutes ago
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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused Russia of pursuing Stalinist methods, Telegraph daily reported.
Betraying contempt for Moscow’s political establishment, she described the refusal of its Prosecutor General to drop fraud charges against her as an “ineffective attempt to break unwanted politicians”.
“Some Russian politicians still pursue out-dated Stalinist methods. But they do not understand that times have changed,” she said.
“This is no longer an effective way to break people. Russia has to come to terms with the fact that Ukraine is a strong and independent country with strong, independent politicians.”
Russia indicated that it would continue a criminal case against Tymoshenko even though she was now Ukraine’s prime minister.
She has rejected charges alleging that she wanted to inflate the price of gas contracts to the ...
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