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Poroshenko: Putin could capture the Baltics in 2 days
BC, Riga, 18.09.2014.
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Print versionUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has revealed that during one of his recent conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader had threatened to him that ''I could capture Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw and Bucharest within two days if I wanted to'', informs LETA/UNIAN.
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According to the German newspaper''Suddeutsche Zeitung, Poroshenko told European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso about these threats by Putin on September 12.
The newspaper has obtained the protocol of the discussion between Barroso and Poroshenko, which was prepared by the EU's Foreign Service.
Putin also told Poroshenko about his ability to influence various EU member states through bilateral contacts.
As reported, at the end of August, Putin threatened Barroso that he could capture Kiev within two weeks if he wanted to.
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