BRUSSELS - Russia has accused the US of using bank fines to "blackmail" France on arms sales, amid growing Western division on the Ukraine crisis.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
EUobserver: Putin accuses US of ‘blackmail’ on French bank fine
A group of expatriates and local residents rally at the French Embassy in Kyiv on June 1 to protest France's sale of two warships worth $1.6 billion to Russia despite the latter's military interference in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine this year.
