1st Vice-Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov called the programme of the European Union's "Eastern partnership" is a grave mistake that led to the current situation in Ukraine. "How long watching, As developed in the framework of" Eastern partnership ", It was a profound error of the European Union - to offer this format, and this error has led to such disastrous consequences, which we see today in Ukraine, "he said at a session of the Valdai club at the SPIEF, reports RIA" Novosti ". remember, at the end of November 2013 Authorised by the European Union and Ukraine plan to sign a political bloc of the Treaty on the unity, But a week before the signing of the document, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine headed by Mykola Azarov at the time stopped the process, pointing to the extremely difficult situation in the economy. This decision was the starting point for mass demonstrations, upon which the government resigned, in the center of Kiev Within one week there were demonstrations of disagreement that developed into violent clashes, and in the Verkhovna Rada at the end of February 2014 was "reformatting" of the majority, immediately announced his intention to continue the European integration course of Ukraine. As a result, in March 2014 Authorised by the European Union and the new leadership of Ukraine signed the political bloc of the Treaty on unity. However, the vague prospect of EU membership was worth Ukraine is very expensive. After the ouster of Yanukovych Ukraine plunged into a military confrontation in the Donbass, the country was on the verge of default, and nonstop social standards are falling.