MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is to stop giving economic perks to its ex-Soviet neighbors, a Kremlin source was quoted as saying on Tuesday, in a message to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova they may have to pay for their new pro-Western stance.
Moscow has traditionally given preferential economic treatment to its former satellite states but that has not stopped pro-Western leaders coming to power in revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia, and Moldova turning its back on Russia.
"Russia is not happy with the situation when in fact it subsidizes the economies of certain countries by supplying them with energy resources at discount prices while their people remain impoverished," the Kremlin source said.
"Such situations create grounds for "Orange Revolutions" which change little in people's lives but bring to power rulers, some of whom are ... in the pay of the United States," the source was quoted as saying by Russia's RIA news agency.
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