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Russia turned the tables on the United States.
Reminding the U.S. that an agreement in Geneva had just been reached to reduce tensions related to the crisis in Ukraine.
Russia promised if after signing that agreement, the U.S. reversed course and increased tensions by increasing sanctions on Russia, then Russia would be forced to use the Russian troops on Ukraine's border.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wo ... 6889759064The Australian, Friday, April 18th wrote:
In a sign of the current prickly relationship with the West, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday the US threats of more sanctions on Moscow were “absolutely unacceptable”.
“One cannot treat Russia like it is a shameful student,” he said.
The West and Ukraine also had responsibility to make sure the Geneva deal worked, he said.
He also stressed that Russian troops were deployed “close to the Ukrainian border” – many of them sent there “due to the situation in Ukraine”.
NATO believes Russia has around 40,000 troops positioned on its border with Ukraine, in a state of readiness for an invasion.
Mr Putin has said that he retained the right to send his army into Ukraine in order to protect Russian speakers there. On Friday ( today ), he repeated the assertion, though he said that he “very much hoped” he would not have to do so.
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