Ukraine to sign EU deal that sparked revolution

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — For years, Russia has been the cash cow for Ukrainian dairy producer Anatoliy Yurkevych. These days he’s looking to skim some of the cream in the European Union, thanks to Ukraine’s sweeping new trade deal with the EU.

The deal, which President Petro Poroshenko is set to sign Friday in Brussels, would give Ukraine’s economy and society a massive shove toward Europe. It will lower trade tariffs and in theory open Europe’s market of 506 million people — if Ukraine can comply with the many complex provisions in the 1,200-page document that will take 10 years to fully implement.