Amid political and military unrest in eastern Ukraine, relations between Russia and Ukraine are at their lowest point in recent history. Interpersonal, cultural, political and economic relations between the two countries have undergone significant changes due to the geopolitical conflict. Russia and Ukraine have developed close ties over the centuries with a common market of goods and the break-up will invariably impart substantial economic costs. - See more at: http://bit.ly/1vZrVNR