Russia backs trade deal between EU and Eurasian Union

Russia backs a trade agreement between the EU and the Moscow-dominated Eurasian Economic Union, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. The Kremlin would not "shoot itself in the foot and reject cooperation with Europe,” added Lavrov. Russia and the EU have imposed tit-for-tat trade sanctions following the Ukraine crisis.

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