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at first led Moscow to believe that Ukraine would join these alliances and then upset the integration schedules and plans citing either a recent parliamentary vote, or the sanctity of Ukraine"s sovereignty, or other similar excuses.

As for Ukraine"s actual accession to the EU, it is an issue of extremely remote future. Lidia Kosikova, an expert on Ukraine from the Russian Academy of Sciences" Institute of the Economy believes that even the Belarusian economy is better prepared to join the EU, albeit hypothetically. Objective Western analysts, who have no "orange" illusions, confirm her opinion.

Russia has never objected to Ukraine"s integration into the EU. It was the EU, in fact, that sounded jealous when it demanded that Ukraine leave the EurAsEC if it wants to get integrated into Europe. Moreover, the European officials have never sealed their bans or promises with money.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has just offered Ukraine a ?500

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