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Both Moscow and other countries already saw on many occasions the Ukrainian president and prime minister say totally different things, Russian officials say. Moscow, November 19 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko's letter to Dmitry Medvedev has a clear internal political context, but Russia does not want to participate "in Ukraine's internal political feuds," the Kremlin said.

"The emergence of this text [of Yuschenko's letter] while the Ukrainian premier has stated that she sees no gas problems with Russia points to its primarily internal political orientation," Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko told journalists, when asked to comment on the letter.

Both Moscow and other countries already saw on many occasions the Ukrainian president and prime minister say totally different things, he said.

"No one in Russia has the slightest desire to take part in Ukraine's internal feuds," Prikhodko said.