Russia Hands Data on MH17 Crash to EC, Awaits Reaction - Russia's EU Envoy

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Russia’s envoy to the European UnionVladimir Chizhov

BRUSSELS, July 23 (RIA Novosti) — Russia handed all of its Defense Ministry’s data on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine to the European Union, but has seen no reaction yet, Russia’s envoy to the European UnionVladimir Chizhov said Wednesday.

“We handed it [data] on Tuesday, as soon as we got it in writing in Russian and English. We forwarded it to all the people concerned,” Chizhov told journalists in Brussels.

“There has been no reaction so far,” Chizhov added.

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EC, Ukraine discuss conditions for upcoming Association Agreement as fight continues in the eastern Part of the country.

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The European Commission is assessing legal consequences of Crimea’s secession from Ukraine and offers economic, trade and financial restrictions on Crimea with immediate effect, according to a draft roadmap of the EU-Ukraine association deal released on Friday. In compensation, the EU offers Ukraine the most favored-nation treatment in trade, the creation of a free trade zone with a positive effect of €500 million a year from the removal of trade barriers and Ukraine’s participation in the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) program with a seven-year budget of €12 billion.

Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko said on Thursday he would sign the economic part of the Association Agreement with the European Union on June 27.