Russian organizations in Ukraine, are preparing for the anticipated abolition of the Moscow regime of preferences in trade relative to Kiev and transfer their assets from Ukraine, said Deputy Minister of economic development Alexey Likhachev.

The Deputy Minister believes that state support for Russian organizations operating in Ukraine, and if necessary, a very limited number of plants.

"Russian owners already know about all the risks and prepare for any eventuality. Most of them transferred their assets from Ukraine. Now is not the time to do there business ", - said Likhachev in the conversation. First Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. said that the Russian Federation wants to go on a normal trade regime with Ukraine, without preferences, if Ukraine will move to implementation of the agreement on Union with the EU.

Question about the implementation of the Treaty on the unity is a key in relations between Ukraine and the EU. Kiev has developed a plan whereby the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to European needs to be completed by 2017.

The parties also engaged in dialogues about the launch of the FTA in 2016. The problem lies in the concerns of the Russian Federation joining to the provisions of the FTA and fears of an influx of duty free items from the EU through Ukraine. Kiev and the EU try to come to a compromise with the Russian side.

first Chapter the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev said that the Russian Federation insists on signing EU-Ukraine legally binding instrument on the lifting of the economic risks the Russian Federation of their associations, but as long as sees from the partners "rather negative" signals. He confirmed Russia's intention In the absence of agreements from 1 January 2016 to cancel Ukraine's preferential trade regime and to enter predamage.

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