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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10906

24 August 2013
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
Moscow considers association agreement protection measures

Brussels, 23/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 22 August Russia's President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the customs union - Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus - could take measures against Ukraine if Ukraine signs the association agreement with the European Union (see EUROPE 10904). “If our [Ukrainian] neighbours move towards a liberalisation of the customs regime with the EU (…) then the countries of the customs union will have to think about protection measures. This possibility exists”, he...