| − | The [[Russian Federation]] has extensive tariffs on goods manufactured in the [[European Union]]. Alternatively, the Russian Federation had a [[free trade]] agreement with [[Ukraine]] prior to the [[United States]],<ref>[https://youtu.be/JS5AXHue83s?t=1813 Newsmaker Interview: H.E. Sergey Lavrov], Doha Forum, Jan 30, 2025. [[YouTube]]. </ref> under the [[Obama administration]], staging a [[coup]] against the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine that brought a [[fascist]] and [[neo-Nazi]] regime to power in February 2014. | + | The [[Russian Federation]] has extensive tariffs on goods manufactured in the [[European Union]]. Alternatively, the Russian Federation had a [[free trade]] agreement with [[Ukraine]] prior to the [[United States]],<ref>[https://youtu.be/JS5AXHue83s?t=1813 Newsmaker Interview: H.E. Sergey Lavrov], Doha Forum, Jan 30, 2025. [[YouTube]]. </ref> under the [[Obama administration]], staging a [[coup]] against the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of Ukraine that brought a [[fascist]] and [[neo-Nazi]] regime to power in February 2014. One of its first acts was to withdraw from the free trade agreement with the Russian Federation a sign an Association Agreement with the [[EU]].<ref>[https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/ukraine_en EU trade relations with Ukraine. Facts, figures and latest developments.] policy.trade.ec.europa.eu</ref> |