Putin piles pressure on Ukraine | beyondbrics

Putin piles pressure on Ukraine | beyondbrics:

"

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have physically left Ukraine on Sunday, after wrapping up a two-day visit during which he pressured Kiev to choose Moscow over the EU as a closer economic partner. But upon waking up the next day Ukrainian leaders were vividly reminded of what may follow if they ignore Putin’s words – most likely a trade war.

In an early Monday report, news agency Interfax revealed that Russian regulators decided to ban imports of chocolates and other sweets produced by Ukrainian confectionary giant Roshen.

It’s the newest of trade restrictions piled up upon Ukraine by Russia this year on goods spanning from steel pipes to cheese. And it eerily follows up upon the blunt message Putin delivered during a weekend visit to commemorate would-be brotherly Slavic ties through the 1,025th anniversary of the christening of Rus, a long gone empire to which Russia, Ukraine and Belarus trace their historical roots."

'via Blog this'