date:Jul 04, 2014
its threat of more sanctions on Russia over the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
EU officials say that Russia has threatened to withdraw the duty-free treatment that Ukraine benefits from as a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, or CIS, free-trade pact.
Russia is Moldova's third-largest export market after the European Union and Ukraine. Both meat and wine exports are big currency earners for Moldova, which has a population of 3.5 million and is one of Europe's poorest states.