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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9511
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia

Russia hopes to join WTO in 2007 but faces resistance from segments of public opinion and Russian business circles

Brussels, 27/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - Recent statements by the new Russian government leave little doubt that Russia wants to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and hopes to conclude the entry negotiations this year. Speaking on Tuesday 25 September, Elvira Nabiullina, the new Russian economic minister in the latest cabinet reshuffle by Russian President Vladimir Putin, said she would be pursuing the economic reform process launched by her predecessor, German Gref, and concluding...

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