Ukrainain President Viktor Yuschenko has been bitterly criticized by President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.Mr.Yuschenko was endangering Europe's natural gas supplies,President Medvedev wrote in an open letter to the Ukrainian leader.Russia is also unhappy with Mr.Yuschenko's desire for Ukraine to join NATO,and his support for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church.The Russian Orthodox Church only accepts a Ukrainian church under its jurisdiction.
The conflict between Gazprom,the Russian natural gas monopoly,and Ukraine over Ukraine's payments to Gazprom has become an annual ritual-even to the point of interrupting the flow of gas to Europe through a pipeline transiting Ukraine.President Medvedev threatened to delay posting a new Russian ambassador to Ukraine unless the issues were resolved.
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