Russia made its choice between the WTO and its neighbors

The global economy rules igry10-06-2009 Russia made its choice between the WTO and its neighbors in the issue of accession to the WTO, Russia has returned to the finish line again at the start. And on his own volition. Now, to be accepted into the World Trade Organization, our country will march together with Belarus and Kazakhstan in the Customs Union. "Pretty much everything will be again" - said in an interview Bigness.ru Alexei Portansky, director of the Information Bureau on Russia's accession to the WTO. After all, no more of the Customs Union, no such precedent in the WTO itself. Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have come from one-sided negotiations on accession to the WTO to re-start the negotiating process as a single customs union. This was announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the next Interstate Council of Eurasian Economic Community (EEC). According to Putin, "in recent years, the WTO accession process was a deterrent integration processes". Consequently, the head of the Russian government proposed to clarify the emphasis in foreign policy, raising the priority of integration in the post. Indeed, the customs union, an idea that emerged in the early 90's, still in draft stage. Since 2006, the process for its establishment have been accelerated. To date, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia have agreed on 88% of documents within the Customs Union.