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Pushkov: EU hasn't any special leverage over Kiev

“Brussels understands perfectly that a tough ultimatum to Kiev will bring nothing and the talks should be continued,” Chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs noted

MOSCOW, November 28. /ITAR-TASS/. The European Union does not have any special leverage of influence over Ukraine, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs Alexei Pushkov said in an interview with Izvestia daily commenting on the situation over the signing of an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

“Brussels understands perfectly that a tough ultimatum to Kiev will bring nothing and the talks should be continued,” he noted. “The European Union does not have special leverages of influence on Ukraine. The guidelines in the relations that Brussels proposed to Kiev do not suit the Ukrainian leadership. This is clear why it is so. The EU has not explained yet, for instance, where the monetary funds for modernization promised to allocate to Ukraine will be taken. Or how the Europeans intend to compensate for the losses, which Ukrainian producers will sustain from the loss of the free access on Russian market,” Pushkov added.