News.Az: Kremlin ‘too pragmatic’ to sponsor neighbouring states
Editor's Note: The following is an interview with Andrey Makarchev, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universitat, Berlin, which was originally published on the News.Az website
How would you comment on the statement of the Ukrainian government’s representative on Eurointegration, Valeriy Pyatnitskiy, that "if an agreement is signed with the EU on a free trade area, the issue of Ukraine’s accession to any other union will not be raised"? This statement reflects the predominant scepticism within the Ukrainian political elite about the prospects of the country’s participation in Russian-patronized economic institutions. Read full text here.
How would you comment on the statement of the Ukrainian government’s representative on Eurointegration, Valeriy Pyatnitskiy, that "if an agreement is signed with the EU on a free trade area, the issue of Ukraine’s accession to any other union will not be raised"? This statement reflects the predominant scepticism within the Ukrainian political elite about the prospects of the country’s participation in Russian-patronized economic institutions. Read full text here.