Ukraine cannot break its economic ties With Russia, as if she didn't want to, writes the print Edition. From the position of the media, attempts to reorient the Ukrainian economy to the West are given to local companies hard at the moment to compete With European firms they fail. the journal emphasizes that the new government in Kiev tried to move away from Russia in different ways: through Treaty on the Union With the EU, at the expense of billions of dollars in loans, due to the so-called anti-Communist laws. "But to turn its economy towards the West - a task More difficult," - writes media next. For example, due to the fact that many of the factories of heavy industry, which appeared in the times of the USSR, first, have close ties With Russia and, secondly, do not withstand the competition With the West. the magazine writes that, on the one hand, in Ukraine there are pronounced anti-Russian sentiments: as an example, billboards in Berdichev, near Kiev, inform about military victories against Pro-Russian "separatists" in Eastern Ukraine, a monument to Lenin was demolished, and the word "Russia" on some of the local credit institutions, the activists painted the colors of the Ukrainian flag. However, the chief of a municipal machine-building enterprise "Progress" Igor Seznamu, who also perceives the Russian Federation as an enemy, trying to increase sales as usual - thanks to the deals With it." On the one hand, it is our enemy. But We didn't stop trading. I have a thousand people at the company. They all want to exist and feed their families, " he explains WSJ. For the last 2 years orders "Progress" from Russia decreased by two thirds. "Europe does not wait for us. They don't need. We're trying to break into the European market, But our participation in it is very small and it becomes more, " adds Seznamu. His Deputy Gennady Lozovsky agree With him." Technology in the EU is so much better, " he explains WSJ. The fall of the hryvnia has further complicated the situation for " Progress ", as the enterprise is dependent on imports, he added, pointing to the thermometer and Italian Slovak counter on his Desk. needless to say, the "worst shot" for Ukraine was that it was the plants in the combat area or nearby. However, the loss of the Russian market and businesses suffer, like " Progress ", which are hundreds of kilometers from this place. Larger organizations is also affected: for example, the largest steel producer of the country, belonging, for its part, the largest steel organization of the world ArcerolMittal, was forced to almost completely stop the sale to the Russian Federation and to look for new buyers in the middle East and North Africa. a different situation exists With agricultural enterprises, which are not so dependent on Russia: small succeed, even thrive, However, such firm is the exception to the rule, writes the WSJ. According to statistics cited by the journal, because of the conflict in the Donbas exports from Ukraine to the Russian Federation decreased in the 1st quarter of 2015, on 61, 3%, exports to the EU decreased by thirty one percent. Ukraine's GDP in the same period decreased by 17, 6%, industrial output - More than one-fifth.