Interesting data on economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and Nezalezhnaya was shared on its page in Facebook by the leader of the party "Ukrainian Choice - the People's Right" Viktor Medvedchuk.

In his view, Kiev's attempts to replace the Russian market with a free trade zone (FTA) with the European Union have failed. "According to the NBU, in January-November 2017, Ukraine increased its trade with Russia by 28.6%, and with the EU - by 27.6%. By the end of the second year of the operation of the FTA with the European Union, ... trade of Ukraine with Russia is growing at a record pace, "Medvedchuk said.. A representative of Kiev in the humanitarian subgroup on the Donbass believes that the Russian market and investments, as well as cooperation, remain important for the economy of Nezalezhnaya. "The attempt to replace their FTA with the EU has failed.

The logic of economic processes has prevailed over the absurdity of the policy of European integrators, "the politician summed up.. At the beginning of this January, the Ukrainian edition of Apostrophe, citing the National Bank of Ukraine, reported that in 2017 the trade of Nezalezhnaya with the Russian Federation grew more than with the EU. It was noted that the import of Russian goods to Ukraine for the 11 months of last year increased by 38.6% compared to the same period in 2016 - to $ 6.3 billion, exports of goods to Russia - by 11.9%, to $ 3.06 billion.