In 2011, the EU and Russia will fight for Ukraine, - the expert

Statement by the First Vice-Premier Andrei Klyuyev of finalizing a new agreement on free trade with the CIS until January or February should be viewed as a signal to Brussels on the availability of alternatives to Kiev cooperation with the EU as partners in the CIS in the comments Deutsche Welle said an analyst at the Institute of Euro-Atlantic cooperation, Vladimir Gorbach. He recalled that in January, is expected to a key round of talks with the European side about the free trade zone Ukraine-EU relations. And that Kiev was previously warned that the concessions do not go and expect concessions from Brussels. "This year will be the year of competition for the Ukraine between the EU and Russia. And who will be faster and more nimble to act, he also receives Ukrainian domestic market and resources for the integration project ", - said the expert. According to him, ideally, Ukraine would benefit from a free trade zone with the EU and the CIS. But the EU market "orders of magnitude more capacious and more diverse than the largely commodity markets of CIS countries". At the same time, Gorbachev called "all-important" terms on which will be entered into an agreement with both parties. In the case of the CIS expert recalled the successive elimination of Russia from the energy of such agreements, which are a key commodity for Ukraine. And limiting access to Ukrainian food and other goods to Russian markets. Earlier, the representative of the Ministry of Economy Vladimir Shevchenko said that in contrast to the existing free trade agreements with Russia, will be the new "fix all the exceptions and a timetable for their withdrawal." A deputy prime minister Klyuyev explained the delay in signing such an agreement, "the problems associated with the work of a single customs union and harmonizing regulations between Belarus and Russia, as well as Ukraine and Kazakhstan."