Putin retaliates for EU free-trade deal
MOSCOW, Dec. 16 – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree suspending Russia’s free-trade agreement with Ukraine as of January 1, the same day Kyiv is set to enter a similar trade deal with Brussels, AFP reported.
Despite knowing that Kyiv has failed to implement the Minsk Agreements, the US continues to accuse Russia of not fulfilling the conditions it has set for lifting sanctions because it remains under the influence of factions which stand to gain from prolonging the countries’ standoff, wrote German Economic News (DWN) on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik)