The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has voted to cancel various agreements with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including the agreement "on perpetuating the memory of the courage and heroism of the peoples of the CIS in the Great Patriotic War," UNIAN news agency reported Sunday.

The Ukrainian lawmakers also banned medicine from Russia and Belarus, and canceled the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the avoidance of double taxation, according to the report.