Russia ditches partners to join WTO

Russia is to pursue its bid for World Trade Organisation membership without waiting for its customs union partners Kazkahstan and Belarus to join, Igor Shuvalov, first deputy prime minister of Russia, said in Washington on the 26 April 2010.

ESO: Background information: Russia puts its WTO entry in doubt http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-puts-its-wto-entry-in-doubt/

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