MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on June 1 of using "blackmail" in negotiations on gas prices and that Kyiv had demanded a "totally unjustified" price cut for supplies of Russian gas.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
Reuters: Putin accuses Ukraine of using ‘blackmail’ in gas talks
Russian Energy minister Aleksandr Novak talks during a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart after the Trilateral meeting between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on energy security at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 11, 2014.
