Western Balkans Region and the Geopolitical Context
Publisher: Friedrich Ebert Stifung , Prishtina
Volume: 11 pages, pdf
Description
The rejection that was made by the former pro-Russian regime of President Yanukovych's, to the Brussels agreement on fostering closer ties with Ukraine's political and economic shpere, was due to the great Russian pressure. Russia insisted on signing, instead, the Treaty on Ukrainian membership in Euro-Asian bloc. This bloc was newly created by Russia in the composition of which are some former USSR countries: Byelorussia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.