Russia Calls Curbs on Ukraine Imports Likely, Cites EU Pact

Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian imports starting in January after European Union-brokered talks failed to find a compromise Tuesday, exactly a month before the launch of an EU-Ukraine free-trade pact that Russia opposes. "It is a very probable scenario that there will not be an agreement before January 1 and the nonpreferential trade regime will be introduced," Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told reporters after the talks in Brussels, saying that existing...

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