Ukraine has lost at least $ 15 billion due to the closure of Russian markets.

Ukraine has lost at least $ 15 billion due to the closure of Russian markets. This was during his annual address to the Parliament, which was broadcast channel "112 Ukraine", said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
According to him, Russia's share in Ukrainian export is only 9%, with subsequent downward trend.

"You need to work on the creation of a land market in Ukraine, but with all the fuses from any negative consequences. No less intensively than investments in Ukraine, we must look for markets for Ukrainian goods. In addition to military intervention, Russia realizes, of course, and economic aggression against our country. At the beginning of the decade, nearly a third of Ukrainian exports went to the Russian market. Attack of the Kremlin began even before the independence. There were constraints that led to the fall of Ukrainian exports in 2013, in Russia by 15%. In 2015, exports to Russia have been cut in half. This is not the bottom, the decline continues today, minus 34% in the first half," he said.