Latvia Warns Ukraine's it Has No Clue About Accession to the EU

Latvia Warns Ukraine's it Has No Clue About Accession to the EU

In the EU, many are very skeptical about the possibility of Ukraine joining the organization, said Latvia Euro-MP Tatiana Zhdanok. According to her, the people of Ukraine are uninformed, what consequences entail the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU. "Many Europeans are questioning the ability of the Kiev government to run the country and ensure the democratic system. So Europeans are very skeptical and believe that Ukraine cannot make it to the Copenhagen criteria that must be met for entry into the European Union," said MEP in an exclusive interview to RT.

Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia Give Up Sovereignty by Signing with EU

Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia Give Up Sovereignty by Signing with EU

By signing association agreements with the EU on Friday, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have delivered a crucial blow to their social and economic sectors, says Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman Sergei Zheleznyak.

The agreement effectively deprives the countries that signed it of their national sovereignty and could aggravate the internal political and socioeconomic conflicts in them, Zheleznyak told journalists.

"But this is a choice of each of the countries that signed the agreement, and the leaderships of these countries will bear responsibility to their peoples for the consequences of these actions," he said.

Donetsk Peoples Republic intends to leave Ukraine

Donetsk Peoples Republic intends to leave Ukraine

Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic intends to leave Ukraine's jurisdiction and integrate with Customs Union to avoid economic fallout from Ukraine's association agreement with the EU, Donetsk Republic's deputy prime minister Andrei Purgin said.

"By making this decision Ukraine in fact cuts itself off from the Russian market. It is 99 percent machine manufacturing, metals industry, partially agriculture, etc... Possibly, from the side of the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Community [reaction] will not be head on, but more pin-pointed. In any case, losses in trade with Customs Unions will be upwards from 50 percent," Purgin said.