BRUSSELS - The European Union signed sweeping trade-and-political agreements with three countries near Russia's borders on June 27, pushing the bloc's influence eastward but potentially provoking fresh tensions with Moscow at a delicate time.
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) poses with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the EU Council in Brussels June 27, 2014.
