BUCHAREST ( 2008-04-04 18:30:31 ) :
President Vladimir Putin lashed out Friday at some Nato countries for demonising Moscow and failing to reward Russia for helping end the Cold War, a source in the Russian delegation said.
"Some went as far as total demonisation of Russia and can't get away from this even now. Some began to talk about imperial ambitions," Putin told Nato leaders at a summit here, said the source, who asked not to be named.
Putin said that Russia had peacefully withdrawn from eastern Europe after the Soviet collapse and "of course expected something in return. But this didn't come."
