Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk gives an interview at Sheremetyevo 2 airport, Moscow.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sees Contract with Gazprom as Russia's Fiasco
Russia's attempt to speak to Ukraine by means of ultimatum ended in a fiasco, RIA Novosti quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk as saying Wednesday.
"The agreements sealed in Moscow have crossed out all attempts of some Russia's officials to speak to Ukraine by the language of ultimatum. This policy has ended in a fiasco," Tarasyuk said after the meeting with ambassadors of a number of foreign countries.
The meeting was attended by Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Alexey Ivchenko, who had signed the contract with Gazprom in Moscow. According to Ivchenko, neither Russia nor Ukraine can boast of any victory. The parties reached a mutually beneficial agreement and the delegation of Ukraine managed to carry its point at the most, Ivchenko said earlier Wednesday.
Nevertheless, not everyone in Ukraine shares this more or less victorious sentiment. "The country's authorities easily yielded to blackmail, intimidation and threat of the foreign commercial company, having surrendered the interests of their own state," said Alexander Turchinov, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine. At present, Turchinov is in charge of election campaign of Yulia Timoshenko's bloc.
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