Poroshenko threatens Moscow with 'total destruction'

Russia will face a total annihilation for all its alleged misdeeds and disrespect for international law, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said, amid an escalated dispute between Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz.

"Russia does not respect the law and does not respect the court's decisions," Poroshenko complained in what was described as a "late-evening interview" with the Financial Times. The Ukrainian leader apparently referred to the recent decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, relating to a dispute between the Russian and Ukrainian energy companies.

The Ukrainian leader went on to say that such disrespect of "international law" would result in Russia being "absolutely destroyed." In an apparent attempt to add weight to his words, Poroshenko recalled that Kiev already filed several ...