Seventeen-year negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization seems to be stuck again. It is believed to be caused by Russia's crisis management barriers and persistent attempts to create a Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In addition, the line of Moscow to create a "single economic space" can worsen its relations with its main trading partner - the European Union.
2010 June 25
No more help from abroad
Seventeen-year negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization seems to be stuck again. It is believed to be caused by Russia's crisis management barriers and persistent attempts to create a Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In addition, the line of Moscow to create a "single economic space" can worsen its relations with its main trading partner - the European Union.