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Russia is holding a propaganda campaign against Ukraine based on disinformation, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said.

Russia is resorting to economic pressure against Ukraine, Bildt said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is using a policy of double standards, he added.

Yanukovych says in Vilnius he will sign the EU-Ukraine Association
Agreement, then promises to try in court those, who drafted it, and then
sends the first deputy prime minister to Brussels, who says nothing,
the Swedish foreign minister said.

The European Union can sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine,
if Kyiv proves its political will, Bildt said. In order to continue
talks Ukraine should show willingness, which we have not seen yet, Bildt
said.