Putin revives energy row with US but promises to help fight terrorism

The Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday returned to his feud with the US over energy supplies when he declared that Washington is in no position to deliver lectures after the invasion of Iraq.

Weeks after vice-president Dick Cheney accused Moscow of using intimidation and blackmail in its energy policy, Mr Putin said he would continue to fight for Russia’s interests.

“We see how the United States defends its interests, we see what methods and means they use for this,” he said, in a thinly veiled reference to the Iraq war.

Guardian