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No. 5391 WWW.THEMOSCOWTIMES.COM June 17, 2014 Tuesday NEWS SelfStyled Vampire Slayer Committed A Bryansk man will undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment following the death of a drinking buddy who he believed was a vampire. Page 3 NEWS ExCop ‘ Dove to Death’ in Detention A former anticorruption officer reportedly jumped from 6 stories up during an interrogation. Page 3 REAL ESTATE Russia Shuts Off Ukraine Gas Supply Ukraine’s prime minister says the gas shutoff is part of a plan to destroy the country. By Ivan Nechepurenko [e-mail] Russia’s Gazprom on Monday cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and moved its neighbor to a system of prepayment until Kiev’s “indisputable” debt for previous deliveries is settled. After three rounds of intense talks in recent weeks the two sides failed to come to an agreement on the price of gas already delivered and, therefore, on Ukraine’s total debt to Russia. They also failed to agree on the terms governing Ukraine’s future gas purchases under the new prepayment system. “The logic of the Ukrainian government is to give us low prices, the ones we have with our Customs Union partners. If not, [Ukraine] will not pay debts and will get your gas for free,” Gazprom’s head Alexei Miller said Monday at a news conference in Moscow. The protracted spat appeared to have caused Miller no small amount of irritation, as he spoke slowly and paused for long periods between words at the conference. At one point he rebuffed a journalist who used an English word while posing a question in Russian. “What language do we speak here?” he asked the journalist. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said at the same news conference that no further negotiations with the Ukrainian side are planned due to “the unconstructive position of the Ukrainian government.” Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Monday morning that Russia’s official position on the gas dispute with Ukraine will be defined after Miller and Novak meet with President Vladimir Putin. No such meeting was reported to have taken place at the time of publication. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk reacted sharply to Russia’s decision, saying during a government meeting on Monday that it represented “part of a general plan by Russia to destroy Ukraine.” See GAS DISPUTE, Page 2 MoskvaCity Tackles Traffic SnarlUps MoskvaCity is petitioning for the creation of Moscow’s first toll road to curb rush hour traffic. Page 7 EDITORIAL The Legacy of Yury Andropov Andropov is remembered as the man who attempted a controlled upgrade of the Soviet Union while preserving it as an empire. Page 8 WEATHER FiveDay Forecast Check out our new weather map with expected temperatures across all of Russia and fiveday forecast for Moscow before you make plans for the weekend. Page 14 CENTRAL BANK RATES EURO 46.81 0.33 USD 34.57 0.25 RTS INDEX 1,357.80 1.25% ANDREW KRAVCHENKO / AP Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, right, and Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan arriving at Ukraine’s Cabinet in Kiev on Monday for roundtable gas talks. Russia, Ukraine Top Diplomats Trade Barbs By Gabrielle TetraultFarber [e-mail] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov berated his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia on Monday for publicly insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin, though political analysts said the jibes exchanged would not significantly affect the already sour diplomatic relations between the two countries. Lavrov and other Russian officials have denounced Ukraine’s acting foreign minister, Deshchytsia, who called Putin a “dickhead” in Ukrainian during a disorderly protest outside the Russian Embassy in Kiev on Saturday. Speaking in Minsk at a press conference Monday, Lavrov said he had “nothing more to talk about” with Deshchytsia, suggesting that the already tense diplomatic relations between the countries might have reached a new nadir. Lavrov, who is himself notorious for his expletive language, said his Ukrainian counterpart was an “outcast for Russia” and that “if he cannot stand the heat, he should get out of the kitchen.” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev added to Lavrov’s comments, saying Monday that Deshchytsia’s behavior was “completely inappropriate.” Both Russian and Ukrainian political analysts say that these sharptongued exchanges are a manifestation of the dire state of political and economic tensions between the countries, but that they do not have the potential to sever diplomatic ties. “There is a big difference between ignoring a politician [Deshchytsia] and See DIPLOMATS, Page 2

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