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5 October 2013
Russian intransigence has helped Ukraine’s integration into Europe
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russia’s president, deserves the highest medal of Ukraine. He has done more for its European integration in the past few months than any Ukrainian politician has over the past 20 years. He has stopped the country’s directionless drift, consolidated its elite, given it an impetus westward and mobilised European politicians. Never before has Ukraine been so close to signing an association and free-trade agreement with the European Union, a step towards EU membership.
«We have to do more, where it hurts the most. We have to be more efficient on the shadow fleet. We also need to help more Ukrainians take down the oil refining system. We need to hurt them most – with intelligence, missiles and oil»