Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has been playing an extremely important, though permanently changing, role in Ukraine’s development. But the last 2013 year brought with it the most radical change in the scope and character of these relations, starting with serious tensions that pushed their mutual trade very close to the state of a trade war, and finishing, in the end of the year, with an impressive package of new economic agreements between Russian Federation and Ukraine. These developments have become an important aspect in the deep political crisis, in which Ukraine plunged in …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre
