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Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine"s president-elect...
in the Ukrainian government told Kommersant that the team of Yanukovych, who is to be inaugurated as president on February 25, was already making preparations for the first large-scale initiative to integrate Ukraine into the uniform customs space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan."Even though Ukraine is a full-fledged WTO member, transnational corporations do not view it as a separate market but perceive it as a target for investment and trade along with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan," a high-placed official in the Ukrainian economics ministry and member of the Yanukovych team told Kommersant.
However, representatives of the Party of Regions, which propelled Yanukovych into the presidency, were more cautious about the new president"s plans of integration into the Customs Union, saying Ukraine would not aspire for full-fledged membership in the union, the paper reported.
"Our task is to deepen economic cooperation around the entire border. The Customs
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