According to him, the agreement on association and free trade zone with the EU signed by Kiev “effectively destroyed the economy” of Ukraine.

“The country has become poor. Therefore, the fact that our economy is competitive today or maybe this can not be said even in the perspective of 10-15 years, ”wrote Medvedchuk.

Earlier, the head of the party "The Opposition Platform - For Life" Yuriy Boyko said the importance of the Russian market for Ukraine.

In December, Verkhovna Rada deputy Viktor Bondar said that the EU had “fooled” Kiev on the issue of economic agreements.

The first deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, Vladimir Dzhabarov, in an interview with ANF, praised the words of the parliamentarian.