http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/1023/In-Russia-with-love-Ukraine-president-meets-Putin-as-options-dwindle
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych met with Putin in Moscow...but his hopes for lower priced nat gas are flagging.
Putin is apparently holding a hard line...even as Ukraine's economy falters...and distance from the EU increases.
The Russians don't trust Yanukovych...and dislike his foot dragging in rejoining Moscow's customs union.
UPDATE!!! IST LINK CHANGE / MORE DETAILS:
A leading member of the Putin opposition told a Russian journalist that he was kidnapped in Ukraine...and his children were threatened with death...unless he confessed.
He said he was kidnapped by agents, taken back to Russia and tortured until he confessed to taking funding from a Georgian politician.
Russian officials instead insist that Leonid Razvozzhayev, 39...freely confessed to plotting to accept the money...in a 10 page document.
But...in a video...while being removed from a Moscow court...Razvozzhayev was shown shouting to the crowd that he had been kidnapped and tortured.
http://www.france24.com/en/20121024-russia-activist-told-confess-or-children-die
Popular Posts
- KYRGYSTAN / CANADA : 3 MPs Arrested After Violent Gold Mine Protest.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- EU / SPAIN / PORTUGAL / ITALY / GREECE : Solidarity Strike Causes Travel Misery Across the Eurozone; Clashes/Arrests/Injuries In Athens, Madrid.
- ITALY : Oh, No! Silvio's Spectre Returns.
- HUNGARY: 23 April UPDATE: Hungary Denies Threat To Roma After Red Cross Evacuates 277 Roma From Gyongyospata...Fearing Vigilantes.
- AUSTIN,TEXAS: Lance Armstrong Still Under Seige For Doping Charges.
- RUSSIA / CHECHNYA : VIDEO/ FOTOS: 40 Story Grozny Skyscraper Burns.
- UKRAINE : 04 Dec UPDATE: Kyiv Girl Wins Junior Eurovision Contest; 4 Nations Will Skip Eurovision 2013.
- BRASIL:1ST UPDATE: Natives Protesting Hydro Plant Release 5 Of At Least 155 Hostages.
- PERU: Voters Feel Like They Must Choose Between...Hitler And Darth Vader; Smears Increase Before Vote.