'Kiev risks Europe's gas supply'

Picture taken on April 16, 2009 shows Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gesturing during an interview with NTV channel's Chief News Editor Tatyana Mitkova in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / DMITRY ASTAKHOV

Speaking out: Dmitry Medvedev

DMITRY ASTAKHOV

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By News wires

 11 August 2009 05:15 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today accused Ukraine of seeking to disrupt economic ties with Russia and putting at risk the safety of gas supplies to Europe.

In an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Medvedev said he would postpone sending a new ambassador to Kiev and that Moscow hoped a new Ukrainian leader - due to be elected in January - could improve bilateral ties, a Reuters report said.

"We have an impression that Kiev consistently seeks to break traditional economic ties with Russia, firstly in the energy sector," Medvedev said in the letter posted on his website.

"As a result, the stable use by our countries of a factually united gas pipeline network serving the…

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