Ukraine's president criticized his rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, for seeking a $5 billion rescue loan from Russia, saying Tuesday that deal would make the country overly dependent on its giant neighbor.
President Viktor Yushchenko said at a security council meeting that Ukraine may be unable to pay back the loan Tymoshenko is seeking and have to cede control of its strategic gas transit system to Russia in lieu.
Tymoshenko requested financial aid from Russia and a number of other countries after talks on getting a second tranche of a key $16.4 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund stalled last week.
The …
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