Free trade with EU to take effect Jan.1 regardless of Russia's threats - Premier

Yatsenyuk stressed that the restrictions, which are likely to be imposed by the Russian Federation, were "not the embargo on Ukrainian products, but against Russian citizens." The Head of the Ukrainian Government noted that the European market is the key market for Ukraine. This country expects the EU to increase quotas for Ukrainian goods under the free trade agreement, Premier Yatseniuk said at a briefing with Butkevicius. He noted that the Ukrainian government had fulfilled the technical requirements for the introduction of visa free travel with the European Union.