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On closer look, a Potyomkin village-style trade agreement

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Aug. 16, 2012, 8:26 p.m. | Business — by Svitlana Tuchynska

Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Pinchuk and his pipe-exporting empire will be one of the big beneficiaries of a new free trade agreement with Russia and Belarus, but overall experts don't see many advantages in the deal.
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Svitlana Tuchynska

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