Dmitry Medvedev: Russia is ready to join the WTO
Russia is fully prepared to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), the PortNews IAA correspondent quoted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying at the opening today of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Mr. Medvedev said that the joining of the WTO and the creation of a single economic space (Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belorussia) could not contradict each other.