MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Ukraine's president not to let opponents walk over him "like a doormat", its strongest signal yet on Thursday that Moscow wants order on the streets before handing over more cash to stave off bankruptcy.
In an increasingly bitter struggle for influence in Ukraine between Russia and the West, Moscow upped the ante by directly linking the delivery of $2 billion (1 billion pounds) in loans to the end of protests, which Moscow portrays as led by dangerous extremists.
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