BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU will offer Russia more time to adjust to a European trade pact with Ukraine, diplomats say, moving to ease bilateral tensions over an accord at the centre of the crisis in Ukraine as a ceasefire there takes hold.
Ukraine made an historic shift away from Russia in June by signing a free-trade accord with the European Union, turning its back on its old Soviet master and on a customs union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Rows over the pact triggered unrest that toppled Ukraine's Moscow-backed leader in February.
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