date:Jul 04, 2014
h Russia and the EU offering exclusive membership in their respective trade blocs.
After months of upheaval and hundreds of deaths in Ukraine, all three republics chose the EU over Russia, signing the free-trade pacts at a summit in Brussels on Friday and drawing an immediate threat of grave consequences from Russia.
On Monday, Brussels said it was taking Russia to the World Trade Organization to overturn a ban on pork exports from the 28-nation EU, although the EU has declined to follow up on