On Nov. 21, Ukraine announced it would not sign an Association Agreement with the European Union at the meeting a week later in Vilnius, Lithuania, of EU leaders and those of six Eastern Partners—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The agreement would have committed the EU and Ukraine to creating a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area that would lead to more trade and investment between Ukraine and the 28 member states of the EU.
Epoch Times: Putin’s gas-fueled bailout of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych winks at Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) during a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Dec. 17, 2013.
