Changing shape of eastern Europe

The political upheaval of recent months in Ukraine as resulted in the separation of the Crimea. Arthur Nitsevych, of Kiev-based Interlegal, reviews what is happening to the ports and the shipping industry

Ukraine is situated between the European Union (EU) and Russia. On the one hand, Ukraine has land borders with the EU member states of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. And, on the other, it has border crossings with developing Eastern European economies, namely Russia, Belarus and Moldova.