Kiev has temporarily banned Russian trucks from crossing Ukrainian territory in an apparent tit for tat measure.”Ukraine has temporarily suspended … transit permits for cargo vehicles with Russian registrations,” Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday in a statement.
Diplomatic and trade ties between Russia and Ukraine have soured after the Crimean Peninsula rejoined Russia in a referendum in March 2014 and Kiev commenced a military crackdown on pro-Russian forces fighting for greater autonomy in Lugansk and Donetsk in the east of the country.
Yatseniuk said the ban will continue “until it [Kiev] receives an explanation and resolution of this dispute” on …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
