Making a statement: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
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Putin tells EU not to be 'greedy'
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today called on the EU to lend Ukraine "at a least a billion" to help avoid a new gas pricing spat with Russia and supply disruptions to Europe.
"If there are problems, we are asking our European colleagues to get involved and lend Ukraine the necessary money. Give them a least a billion. Why being greedy? They (the European Union) have the money, so why don't they disburse it a bit?" Putin said after talks with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Putin did not specify the currency of the loan.