Russia today signed a eleventh hour deal to extend its trade and diplomatic ties with the EU to the new members joining later this week.
The announcement means that the ten new members joining the EU on Saturday will trade with Russian under the same rules as the EU’s 15 existing members.
At a press conference in Luxembourg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Moscow would sign the deal provisionally.
The announcement comes after months of Russian refusal ...
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