| − | 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 and enter into 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> | + | 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.<ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/ The Ukraine Mess That Nuland Made], By Robert Parry, ''ConsortiumNews'', Published July 15, 2015. truthout.org</ref> One of its first acts was to withdraw from the free trade agreement with the Russian Federation and enter into 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> |