Subject: JRB in UKR
From: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:14:06 -0400

Mr. Biden spoke of the “humiliating threats” faced by Ukraine and said the United States was “ready to assist.” But he also stressed that Ukraine needed to put its own house in order, calling on it to “fight the cancer of corruption that is endemic in your system right now” and to reduce its crippling dependence on Russia for supplies of natural gas.
“Imagine where you’d be today if you were able to tell Russia: Keep your gas. It would be a very different world you’d be facing today,” Mr. Biden told Ukrainian legislators. “It takes some difficult decisions, but it’s collectively within your power and the power of Europe and the United States. And we stand ready to assist you in reaching that.”

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