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 Diplomatic and trade ties between Russia and Ukraine have broken
down over Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and a
pro-Russian separatist conflict, a dispute that has now hit road
freight.
"Ukraine has temporarily suspended ... transit permits for cargo
vehicles with Russian registrations until it receives an explanation
and resolution of this dispute," Yatseniuk said in a statement.
On Sunday, the Russian transport ministry barred Ukrainian trucks
because Ukrainian activists had been blocking some Russian trucks
from entering Ukraine.
"Unfortunately the Ukrainian government is incapable of restoring
order. The fact that some thugs are holding up trucks with firearms,
means that there are no authorities in Ukraine," Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.
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The ban does not apply to Ukrainian cargo trucks traveling to
Kazakhstan via Russia, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady
Dvorkovich.
(Reporting by Alessandra Prentice and Darya Korsunskaya; Editing by
Matthias Williams and Robin Pomeroy)
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