Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk speaks during a government meeting in Kiev, Ukraine December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1.

The law, supported by 291 of parliament's 420 lawmakers, will come into force when it has been signed by the president.