Moscow has made the European Union a kind of secret proposal for settlement of trade relations between Brussels, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, but the EU rejected it and told the German weekly Spiegel, citing sources in the European Commission.
According to Spiegel, the Russian proposal on 52 pages As if he had been sent to Brussels " in a period when relations between Moscow and the EU are strained As never before for months." It was an attempt to keep the Russian desire after the entry into force of the Treaty on free trade between the EU and Ukraine, RIA " Novosti ".



The document, which is it, "would create a unilateral commitment of the EU and Ukraine" and was rejected, said a source in the European Commission, calling it " a return to Stalinist times." According to a source, a tripartite agreement is intended to bury the agreement on Association of Ukraine with the EU and is seen in Brussels unnecessary. The documentation for the project were listed 30 having account in Crimea Russian factories." If the EU adopted it, it would be the first step to the recognition of the annexation of the Peninsula, " writes the print edition. At the end of may, Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that Moscow does not require modification of the text of the Treaty on the deep and comprehensive free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union. A free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union, the introduction of which is part of the Treaty on the unity must earn in full from 1 January 2016. Russia made a proposal to postpone the introduction of the free trade zone before January 1, 2017, however, Kiev has not shown enthusiasm in this matter.

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