Putin talks about Ukraine's situation at EU-Russia summit Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attend a joint press conference on Jan. 28, 2014, following an EU-Russia summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged international powers to stay away from interfering into the internal affairs of Ukraine. "More intermediaries there are, the more problems there are," Putin told the press conference after his meeting with the top leaders of the European Union (EU), Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso. Xinhua/Ye Pingfan