STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Union rejected on Wednesday Russian pressure to deter Ukraine and other former Soviet republics from deepening trade ties with Europe, saying any kind of retaliation was unacceptable.
Moscow and Brussels are each trying to convince Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to join their respective trade blocs, and Russia has imposed trade bans and threatened gas supply cuts to try to halt their neighbours' EU integration.
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