Russia denies it wants to take more Ukrainian territory

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11-04-2014 | 08:08
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Russia denies it wants to take more Ukrainian territory
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that Russia wants to take over more Ukrainian territory but repeated a call for the former Soviet republic's regions to have strong powers, Russian media reported on Friday.

"We cannot have such a desire. It contradicts the core interests of the Russia Federation. We want Ukraine to be whole within its current borders, but whole with full respect for the regions," state-run news agency RIA quoted Lavrov as saying.

On Thursday, Lavrov warned that Europe's stability was being threatened by rising anti-Russian feelings following the Ukraine crisis.           

"The current rise of anti-Russian sentiments takes place on the background of a spike of racism and xenophobia in many European countries, an increase in the number of ultra-radical groups and turning a blind eye to neo-Nazi phenomena, whether in Ukraine or elsewhere," he said.                     

Lavrov's comments were made after US President Barack Obama threatened a new round of sanctions against Russia if it escalates tensions over Ukraine, whose government it does not recognize.                    

Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies over Moscow's occupation of Ukraine's Russian-speaking peninsula of Crimea.      

"Attempts to legitimize the Maidan government at any cost" should see an end in order to deescalate the crisis in Ukraine," Lavrov said.             

A pro-Western popular uprising often called the Maidan after the name of Kiev's central square in February ousted Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovych, who has since taken refuge in Russia.           

Russia does not recognize the new authorities in Kiev, accusing them of supporting neo-Nazis and anti-Russian policies.


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