Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, said that Ukraine would not become a member of the European Union in near future. She called the E.U. a “carrot” used as bait by the West for Ukraine.
Matviyenko said that Ukraine was in a difficult economic situation, while the EU had its own problems as well. According to her, Ukraine does not stand a chance to be a part of the Union in the next decade. …read more
Source: International Business Times
