Friday, February 7, 2014

U.S. Hints That Russia Is Behind The Leaked Phone Conversation Of A Top Diplomat's Blunt Talk On Ukraine



US Blames Russia For Leak Of Undiplomatic Language From Top Official -- The Guardian

State department's diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, apparently said 'Fuck the EU' in conversation over Ukraine crisis

America's new top diplomat for Europe seems to have been caught being decidedly undiplomatic about her EU allies in a phone call apparently intercepted and leaked by Russia.

"Fuck the EU," Victoria Nuland apparently says in a recent phone call with the US ambassador to Kiev, Geoff Pyatt, as they discuss the next moves to try to resolve the crisis in Ukraine amid weeks of pro-democracy protests which have rocked the country. The call appears to have been intercepted and released on YouTube, accompanied by Russian captions of the private and candid conversation.

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More News On Reports That Russia Is Behind The Leaked Phone Conversation Of A Top Diplomat's Blunt Talk On Ukraine

Carney suggests Moscow behind leaked Ukraine call -- The Hill
U.S. Points to Russia as Diplomats’ Private Call Is Posted on Web -- New York Times
Ukraine crisis: Leaked phone call embarrasses US -- BBC
US Points to Russian Role in Allegedly Leaked Phone Call -- Voice of America
State Dept Official Caught on Tape: ‘Fuck the EU’ -- Daily Beast
In purported recording of U.S. diplomat, blunt talk on Ukraine -- Washington Post
Intercepted Phone Call Shows U.S. Role in Ukraine -- Bloomberg
U.S. diplomats' conversation on Ukraine posted on YouTube -- Reuters
Leaked Phone Call Offers Not-So-Diplomatic U.S. View Of EU -- NPR
US sees Russian hand in envoy’s bugged call -- AP
US official caught on tape cursing EU for handling of Ukraine crisis -- The Telegraph
Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU -- Global Post/AFP
'F**k the EU': US State Dept. official in alleged phone chat on Ukraine posted online -- RT
White House won't confirm F-bomb conversation -- UPI
Amid US-Russia tussle over Ukraine, a leaked tape of Victoria Nuland -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

Update: US Diplomat Apologizes For Cursing Ally -- ABC News

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