Finacial Times: Russia-Ukraine ties, thawing
Vladimir Putin’s grand plan to form a Moscow-led Eurasian Union in the former Soviet space appears to be taking shape following the signing of a free trade pact by a raft of CIS states in St Petersburg last week. Few details about the agreement have been released, but it appears to have set the stage for resolution of a gas trading dispute between Russia and Ukraine that has soured relations between the two countries.
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