Putin's Spokesman Criticizes U.S. Newspaper

Jan. 20, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has criticized The Washington Post for an editorial about Russian-Belarussian talks in a rare letter to the editor.

"The Post's editorial assessment of the oil trade negotiations between Russia and Belarus was based on an unwillingness to follow daily news as well as a reliance on false premises and outdated stereotypes," Peskov wrote.

Peskov's letter was published on the newspaper's web site over the weekend in response to a Jan. 11 editorial titled, "A Seasonal Chill."

The editorial said: "If it's January, it seems, Russia must be involved in a politically motivated dispute over energy supplies with one of its neighbors. This time it's Belarus."

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