The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA) has been, perhaps, the most dramatic EU deal with a third country.
When the Ukrainian government under then-president Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign the agreement in late 2013, it sparked Euromaidan protests, which resulted in Yanukovych's escape to Russia.
Moscow's punishment of Ukraine's pro-EU choice was severe: it annexed C...
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