MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's spokesman hit back at the European Union on Tuesday, saying it was wrong to criticise Russia over Ukraine's decision to back away from a trade deal with the EU and draw closer to Moscow.
"In this case it is inappropriate to speak of any kind of pressure," Interfax news agency quoted Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, as saying in Russia's first public response to a strongly worded statement from EU leaders on Monday.
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