MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

"I would like to inform you that over Ukraine"s anti-Russian policies I have made the decision to delay sending our new ambassador to Ukraine," Medvedev said in a video message to his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has already approved of the appointment of former health minister Mikhail Zurabov to the post.

Medvedev added that the timing of Zurabov"s arrival would be determined later, depending on the development of bilateral ties.

The Russian president pointed the finger at his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko, for the worsening in relations between the neighbors, expressing his "deep concern at the current, without exaggeration, crisis in Russian-Ukrainian relations."

"We observe that during the years of your presidency, and it is impossible to see it differently, that the Ukrainian side has withdrawn from the principles of friendship and partnership with Russia," Medvedev said, taking the unusual step

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