Barroso: Putin to 2012 was not against Ukraine's accession to the EU
The former head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said that the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin to 2012 had no objection to the accession of Ukraine to the EU.
According to Barroso, the government of the Russian Federation Within the five preceding years, the detailed data about the process of negotiations on the unification of Ukraine with the European Union, Deutsche Welle reports." After re-election in 2012, Putin has changed. If today he says that he caught on, he tells a lie, " said the former head of the European Commission. Barroso said that Brussels is holding the door open for Kiev, but in the near future Ukraine will not be able to join the EU, it " still expected to do a lot of work in the sphere of reforms ". The former head of the European Commission also expressed the view that the Russian Federation is not a world power." Russia will take China and he will have a much greater impact than Moscow, " he said. Barroso also expressed doubt that the economic problems of Russia are able to lead to a global crisis." Russia is not the most highly integrated into the world economy and the global monetary system, " he explained. However, he stated that " We must keep open the channels, to insist on a political solution. We must continue to cooperate with Russia, " reports the Telegraph." We can't afford to give rise to well-known accusations that the West wants to surround the Russian Federation, " he said. One way or another, " it is clear that in the foreseeable future will not lead to the solution of the question of the annexation of Crimea to Russia, says Barroso. The former head of the EC is convinced that the EU has a plan of action that will give the opportunity to prepare for the possible effects of the fall in the Russian Federation ". Barroso believes that " Russia must understand that her actions (situation around Ukraine) are unacceptable and are associated with certain costs. " " the story is about the principle, " said the former head of the European Commission, touching upon topics introduced EU sanctions against the Russian capital.
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