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A senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of meddling in Ukraine, in breach of a 1994 agreement over non-intervention.

Sergei Glazyev said the US was spending $20m (£12.3m; 14.8m euros) a
week on Ukrainian opposition groups, supplying “rebels” with arms among
other things.

Accusing the US of ignoring the Memorandum on Security Assurances, he suggested Moscow could also intervene.

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