Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the Supreme Council of Ukraine, Andriy Parubiy, speaks to members of parliament in Kiev on December 6, 2018, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the bill to terminate the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia from April 1, 2019. - Russia and Ukraine originally signed the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership in May 1997. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)