Putin accuses western agents of undermining Ukraine ties

Vladimir Putin has accused "western secret services" of torpedoing Ukraine-Russia integration.

Speaking to a business forum in the southern Ukrainian city of Yalta, the Russian President - using language reminiscent of the Cold War - pressed for the continued development of a common Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakstan economic space.

"Uniting would raise our competitiveness, not only we understand this, but also serious people, our foreign partners. Their agents, in our countr...