Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, yesterday waded into Ukraine's presidential elections with a call for a new leader to break with the “anti-Russian” policies of the incumbent and to co-operate with Moscow.
In an open letter to Viktor Yushchenko, neighbouring Ukraine's pro-western president, Mr Medvedev refused to renew diplomatic ties by saying he was postponing the dispatch of a new ambassador to Kiev until there was a change in relations.
Mr Medvedev accused Mr Yushchenko of pursuing anti-Russian policies that included arming Georgia in its war against Russia last year and pursuing Nato membership while “ignoring the opinion of your country's citizens”.
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