Russia denies influencing Kyrgyzstan on US base

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

MUNICH (AP) — A senior Russian envoy says Moscow did not influence Kyrgyzstan's decision to end American access to a base used to resupply U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The decision was announced several days ago as Kyrgyzstan's president was visiting Moscow after securing more than $2 billion in loans and aid from Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says "there is no correlation" between the Russian aid offer and the Kyrgyz decision.

He told reporters at the end of the Munich Security Conference on Sunday that the closure was "the decision of a sovereign state."


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[tom_paine]

1. LOL. Once again Commies show themselves to be the complete couterparts of our Bushpublicans.

That was quite a shameless lie Ivanov most likely told. But he wears a suit, and he told it shamelssly with Plausible Deniability.

Just like a Bushie.