Brussels, 16/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - Between 2000 and 2006, the export of goods from the EU27 to Russia more than tripled in value, growing from €22.7 billion to €72.4 billion, whilst imports from Russia more than doubled, from €63.8 billion to €140.6 billion. According to the figures of Eurostat, published a few days before the summit in Samara (see p. 4), the external trade deficit of the EU 27 with Russia has thus increased enormously, from €41 billion in 2000 to €68.2...