The far-reaching EU-Ukraine trade and association agreement at the root of the whole Ukraine crisis is back... but not quite, reports GHN based on BBC.
The European Parliament and Ukrainian Rada (parliament) are going ahead with ratification on Tuesday, but the key provisions on free trade will not be implemented until December next year at the earliest.
That delay was the main result of EU-Russia-Ukraine talks in Brussels on Friday, and it is being seen as a significant concession to Russia.
A joint statement after the latest round of trade talks said the parties involved would use the delay to "consult on how to address concerns raised by Russia".
Russia never wanted Ukraine to sign this pact with the EU - and the ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a friend of the Kremlin, refused to do so.
He fled from Kiev in February amid violent protests against his rule, as millions of pro-EU Ukrainians saw him as a corrupt puppet of Russia.
With heavily armed pro-Russian separatists now controlling a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine, the new President, Petro Poroshenko, and EU leaders appear anxious to consolidate a fragile ceasefire.
There is also anxiety that Ukraine could run out of gas in the bitter winter, as Russia has stopped deliveries, demanding that Ukraine repay its debts.
EU members Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are re-exporting Russian gas to Ukraine - but this "reverse-flow" solution has angered Russia.
