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Putin warns outsiders over Ukraine      (AP)
Putin warns outsiders over Ukraine (AP)
AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Sunday not to meddle in relations between Russia and Ukraine, according to remarks cited by state-run news agencies.
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/24/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Putin Warns Outsiders Over Ukraine MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Sunday not to meddle in relations between Russia and Ukraine, according to remarks cited by state-run news agencies. After laying a wreath at the grave of Anton Denikin, who fought against the Red Army after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and is now cast by the Kremlin as a patriot, Putin urged journalists to read Denikin’s diaries, RIA-Novosti and ITAR-Tass reported. “He has a discussion there about Big ...

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