How Powerful is the Pro-Russian Lobby in Ukraine? | The Jamestown Foundation

How Powerful is the Pro-Russian Lobby in Ukraine? | The Jamestown Foundation:

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
(Source: RIA Novosti)

New initiatives supporting Russian economic and political objectives keep emerging in Ukraine as the date of the expected signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union at the November 28–29 EU Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius approaches. On August 9, the leader of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Parliamentarian Petro Symonenko, told Golos Rossiyi that the Communists would begin a campaign to collect four million signatures (a three million threshold is required) for a referendum for Ukraine to integrate into the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) and the Customs Union, and not into the European Union (http://interfax.com.ua/news/political/163717.html)."

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