Russia, Ukraine, Former Natural Gas Trading Partners, Now Trade Insults

Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes from Ukraine and selling gas to Ukraine. In return, Ukraine wants to seal its border with Russia, accusing the Kremlin of sending tanks and cannons to help Ukraine’s separatists. Just when relations could not get worse, Ukraine’s acting foreign minister called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "dickhead.” In a video clip...

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