Putin's remarks come in an article for the "Financial Times."
Putin doesn't name names in his article, but it comes with Poland blocking consensus in the EU on a mandate for talks with Russia on a new strategic partnership.
Poland wants Russia to first end or promise to end a ban on Polish food imports.
On November 21, Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Poland would drop a threatened veto on the talks if the EU met conditions Warsaw had set out in a letter to the Finnish EU presidency.
Officials are hoping to start talks on the new EU-Russian cooperation pact at a summit in Helsinki on November 24.
(Reuters)
Russia And Global Energy Security
An oil field in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan (TASS file photo)
ENERGY SECURITY is increasingly moving to the top of the EU's agenda in its dealings the outside world. A recent report identifies the European Union's main energy objectives as not just securing gas and oil deliveries from Russia, but also ensuring that it has reliable alternative sources, including in Central Asia. Nonetheless, EU officials say relations with Russia take center-stage in their thinking....(more)
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