Russia will have to evict Ukraine from the free trade zone of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in case it starts to implement its Association Agreement with the European Union (EU), Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.
"Naturally, we are ready to obey the agreements (about Ukraine's membership in the CIS free trade zone) in case they are properly documented," Medvedev told a government meeting.
Russia would react once it detected the EU providing Ukraine with a trade regime of unilateral benefits, Xinhua reported.
"In that case Russia will switch to the regular trade regime with Ukraine similar to that with the non-CIS countries," Medvedev said.
The EU announced Friday its decision to delay implementing the Association Agreement with Ukraine till the end of next year, a move regarded as a concession to Russia.
