Re: Is Russia an ally or foe, nowadays?
About Ukraine's Eropean integration. According Yanukovich himself, Ukraine has been waiting for 2 years for concrete plans from european union as to how will europe replace russia's economic market share, which amounts to around 100bln a year, so Ukraine's economy will not collapse as russia will be pushed out. Instead Kiev got only vague promises for help and cooperation from Brusell, and promise of 1bln as assistance. Also there was a promise of 4 bln financial investments, but with so many strings and demands attached, that in case of confirmation, Ukraine's monetary system and economy would totally collapse.
About Ukraine's Eropean integration. According Yanukovich himself, Ukraine has been waiting for 2 years for concrete plans from european union as to how will europe replace russia's economic market share, which amounts to around 100bln a year, so Ukraine's economy will not collapse as russia will be pushed out. Instead Kiev got only vague promises for help and cooperation from Brusell, and promise of 1bln as assistance. Also there was a promise of 4 bln financial investments, but with so many strings and demands attached, that in case of confirmation, Ukraine's monetary system and economy would totally collapse.
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