'Ukraine lacks means to pay off debt'

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Published 03 January, 2009, 20:37

Ukraine is dragging in Europe and trying to blackmail Russia in the gas dispute, says Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

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