KIEV, Nov. 11 – One of Russia's main goals is the economic occupation of Ukraine, according to Oleh Tiahnybok, leader of Ukrainian nationalist group Svoboda All-Ukrainian Association.

"I'm sure that the economic occupation of Ukraine is a strategic line of the Kremlin. I'm not surprised at this, because Moscow defends its own interests. The main task of the Kremlin is to return Ukraine to the sphere of economic and political influence," Tiahnybok said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.