Kiev to sign association agreement with European Union, which Viktor Yanukovych backed away from in NovemberIt was the document that started a revolution and ended up bringing Europe to the brink of war. Ukraine’s association agreement with the European Union, a mainly economic document setting up a free trade area that nevertheless has political and strategic ramifications, will finally be signed on Friday.Along with Georgia and Moldova, two other post-Soviet countries keen to move out of Moscow’s orbit, Kiev will sign the deal with Brussels to establish a free-trade area and introduce a raft of measures designed to synchronise economies …read more
Source: The Guardian
