Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has criticized The Washington Post for an editorial about Russian-Belarussian talks in a rare letter to the editor.
"The Post's editorial assessment of the oil trade negotiations between Russia and Belarus was based on an unwillingness to follow daily news as well as a reliance on false premises and outdated stereotypes," Peskov wrote.
Peskov's letter was published on the newspaper's web site over the weekend in response to a Jan. 11 editorial titled, "A Seasonal Chill."
The editorial said: "If it's January, it seems, Russia must be involved in a politically motivated dispute over energy supplies with one of its neighbors. This time it's Belarus."
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