- 15:03 04/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian government should begin planning economic sanctions against the United States if Washington does not cancel the Jackson-Vanik amendment, legislators and experts said on Wednesday.
- 02:20 16/03/2012 WASHINGTON, March 16 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. Congress will consider the abolition of the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik Amendment this summer after the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, ratifies an agreement on joining the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 12:23 15/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will benefit domestic importers and exporters and retailers, but the country's machinery and equipment industries are likely to suffer, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.
- 15:58 05/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 5 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s Economic Development Ministry plans to grant preferences to domestic producers under state procurement programs to compensate for their losses from lower import duties after Russia joins the WTO, the Kommersant business paper reported on Monday, citing the ministry’s draft resolution.
- 14:32 17/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti)
Representatives of Russian agriculture are seeking compensation worth 400 billion rubles ($13 billion) due to Russia's accession to the WTO, Chairman of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin wrote in a letter to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, reports the Vedomosti newspaper.
- 12:19 01/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 1 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization and import duty cuts will make Russian agribusiness uncompetitive and unattractive for foreign investment, Vedomosti business paper reported on Wednesday, citing an Agriculture Ministry report.
- 12:17 31/01/2012 PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, January 31 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian government may provide support for industries which may face losses after the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Tuesday.
- 21:46 16/12/2011 GENEVA, December 16 (RIA Novisti)
WTO trade ministers on Friday accepted Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization. The accession protocol was signed for Russia by Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina and for the WTO, by its Director General Pascal Lamy.
- 20:45 16/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti)
WTO trade ministers on Friday accepted Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization, the Kremlin press service said.
- 18:55 15/12/2011 BRUSSELS, December 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he hoped that no changes would be made to Russia's WTO accession documents expected to be approved in Geneva on Friday.
- 16:43 16/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 16 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not change legislation forbidding foreigners to set up media outlets in the country when it joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 06:32 13/11/2011 HONOLULU, November 13 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. White House administration begins talks with the Congress on the abolishment of the Jackson-Vanik amendment in regard to Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
- 15:13 11/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti, Ksenia Nekhorosheva)
After finally getting to the end of 18 years of membership talks, Russia will enter the World Trade Organization on favorable conditions, notably minor import tariffs cuts, analysts said on Friday.
- 05:13 11/11/2011 WASHINGTON, November 11 (RIA Novosti)
The United States expects Russia to receive an official invitation to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in mid-December, President Barack Obama said in a statement on Thursday.
- 18:22 10/11/2011 GENEVA, November 10 (RIA Novosti)
The moment Russia joins the World Trade Organization the import duties introduced during the crisis in 2008-2009 will be brought down to their original level, Russia’s point man on WTO accession said on Thursday.
- 16:16 10/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian-Georgian deal clearing the way for Moscow’s accession to the World Trade Organization does not jeopardize the status of the former Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 14:33 10/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti)
The World Trade Organization Working Party on Russia’s accession approved Thursday the package spelling out Russia’s terms of entry to the organization and will now send its accession recommendation to a Ministerial Conference.
- 15:55 09/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and Georgia on Wednesday signed a Swiss-brokered agreement that clears the way to Moscow’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 22:13 08/11/2011 BERLIN, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
Russia, the world's sixth largest economy, will inevitably join the World Trade Organization (WTO), President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 15:34 08/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's expected accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will help the country boost growth and diversify its economy, reduce its exposure to commodity price shocks and ensure better access to non-commodity export markets, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.
- 17:10 07/11/2011 TBILISI, November 7 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and Georgia will sign an agreement on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) this week, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday.
- 22:26 05/11/2011 WASHINGTON, November 5 (RIA Novosti)
The United States is satisfied with the agreement reached between the governments of Russia and Georgia on Russia’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Saturday.
- 00:03 04/11/2011 CANNES, November 3 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow is ready to accept the compromise on WTO accession proposed by Switzerland, which is mediating talks between Russia and Georgia, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
- 19:17 03/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti)
Negotiations on Russia’s admission to the World Trade Organization will be officially completed next week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.
- 10:30 03/11/2011 Weekly column by Fyodor Lukyanov
Russia may join the World Trade Organization this year, bringing to a close an 18 year accession process.
- 20:07 01/11/2011 TBILISI, November 1 (RIA Novosti)
Georgia’s acceptance of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization was forced on Tbilisi and is solely beneficial for Moscow, Georgian-born billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Tuesday.
- 15:56 01/11/2011 TBILISI, November 1 (RIA Novosti)
Tbilisi has agreed on a compromise proposal from Switzerland on the issue of Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization and is waiting for a response from Moscow, the Georgian president's spokeswoman, Manana Manjgaladze, said on Tuesday.
- 23:13 31/10/2011 WASHINGTON, October 31 (RIA Novosti)
The United States has expressed hope for a successful and rapid completion of Russia's WTO entry process, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Monday.
- 14:59 31/10/2011 TBILISI, October 31 (RIA Novosti)
Georgia's conditions for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be revealed after a meeting between the presidents of Georgia and Switzerland on Monday, the Georgian foreign minister said.
- 17:33 30/10/2011 GORKI (Moscow region), October 30 (RIA Novosti)
Russia hopes to finish talks on gaining membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.
- 18:11 28/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will continue talks with Georgia next week to end a dispute that could wreck Moscow’s hopes of gaining membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russia's chief WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said on Friday.
- 20:21 27/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will study proposals by Georgia to end a dispute that could wreck Moscow’s hopes of gaining membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a Russian Economic Development Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 13:34 24/10/2011 TBILISI, October 24 (RIA Novosti)
Georgia has said it will drop its resistance to Russia’s bid for membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) if Moscow agrees to stationing international monitors near Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
- 21:07 21/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has agreed all the terms to join the World Trade Organization, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 19:16 21/10/2011 BRUSSELS, October 21 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow and the EU have removed the last remaining obstacles on Russia's path to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), the European Commission said in a statement on Friday.
- 22:18 19/10/2011 Weekly column by Konstantin von Eggert
I never thought I’d have to go back to “Russia and the World Trade Organization” theme so soon. But it seems that we now have the answer to the question whether Russia will join the organization any time soon. And it is negative.
- 17:17 19/10/2011 GORKI, October 19 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will live on even if the World Trade Organization (WTO) rejects its membership bid, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 21:51 11/10/2011 BEIJING, October 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he expected to complete talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization by year-end.
- 02:18 05/10/2011 WASHINGTON, October 5 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will benefit from Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as it would open new markets for American exporters.
- 14:54 04/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
Brazil's Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota said on Sunday he hoped Russia would enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year.
- 11:39 15/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's food safety and sanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and their U.S. and European Union colleagues have held veterinary supervision talks ahead of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the service said on Monday.
- 19:57 04/08/2011 BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi), August 4 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has no intentions of paying for entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by changing the political situation after Georgian aggression against South Ossetia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
- 22:03 03/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti)
Russia may join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, the Kremlin press center said on Wednesday.
- 11:00 18/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and the United States during the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks could not reach an agreement on meat imports, Russian Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said.
- 12:59 15/07/2011 MAGNITOGORSK, July 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not cancel its new car assembly rules for foreign companies for the sake of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
- 10:03 22/06/2011 RIA Novosti Washington Bureau Chief Svetlana Babaeva
Regardless of the optimism Obama’s administration radiates, it is still uncertain whether Russia will join the World Trade Organization by the end of the year. Too many problems are in one knot to be untangled in such a short time.
- 19:07 18/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization could be delayed for years if talks involving the Russian delegation do not succeed in resolving all the remaining issues, Russia’s Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Saturday.
- 19:33 17/06/2011 ST. PETERSBURG, June 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia needs to resolve the last three stumbling blocks to the World Trade Organization (WTO) membership in three weeks, otherwise the process could be delayed, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Friday.
- 15:28 17/06/2011 BAKU, June 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is discussing opening its national waters for foreign ships as it negotiates World Trade Organization entry with the European Union, Transport Minister Igor Levitin said on Friday.
- 19:56 16/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 16 (RIA Novosti)
In the past couple of years government officials and even president Obama have discussed on numerous occasions the annulment of the discriminating amendment of Jackson-Vanik concerning Russia. On April, 19th, 2011 the claim is submitted to USA court about illegality of the given amendment. What is the probability of annulment of the amendment in the near future? What is the position of the USA, concerning Russia's accessions to the World Trade Organization and developments of its external economic relations?
- 14:43 10/06/2011
Chances are high that Russia will join the World Trade Orgazniation (WTO) before the end of 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
- 19:40 08/06/2011
Russia and the European Union will be able to resolve all remaining issues concerning Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization at the forthcoming EU-Russia summit in Nizhny Novgorod later this week, EU President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday.
- 23:05 01/06/2011
Washington supports Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the current negotiations between Russia and Georgia in Geneva on the issue, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden told Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Wednesday.
- 18:21 27/05/2011
The G8 countries completely support Russia's WTO bid and see no impediments to it, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday.
- 12:50 04/05/2011
Russia has failed to remove the one remaining obstacle on its path to joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Georgia refused to give its approval for Russia's accession, Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday.
- 13:21 26/04/2011
Russia may join the World Trade Organization without getting any approval from Georgia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 20:46 21/04/2011
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday invited Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to visit the United States, Putin's spokesman said.
- 23:20 15/04/2011
The U.S. is trying to get Russia accepted into the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, a top White House official said.
- 15:01 14/04/2011
Russia’s partners in the BRICS grouping of large emerging nations called on Thursday for Moscow to be granted membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as soon as possible.
- 18:25 08/04/2011
Russia will not start complying with its WTO obligations until it has been admitted to the World Trade Organization, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
- 06:22 06/04/2011
Russia and the United States intend to intensify their dialogue on mutual investment and Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday.
- 05:06 25/03/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he was committed to support Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 14:55 21/03/2011
Georgia's deputy foreign minister dismissed on Monday Russian media rumors that Georgia has broken off talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization.
- 23:01 15/03/2011
The first round of talks with Georgia on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization was "constructive" and negotiations will be continued, Grigory Karasin, a deputy Russian foreign minister, said Tuesday.
- 14:14 14/03/2011
Russia could in theory be admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) without Georgia's consent but that would be unprecedented, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday.
- 13:34 11/03/2011
Georgian-Russian talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) could continue in April, a spokesman for the Georgian government said Friday.
- 01:49 10/03/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet on Thursday in Moscow to discuss Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a variety of bilateral issues.
- 22:10 09/03/2011
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization was a top priority for the United States which also hoped to cancel a trade restriction provision.
- 20:01 09/03/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday expressed hope that Russia would finish the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2011 with the help of the United States.
- 18:54 09/03/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday expressed hope that Russia would finish the WTO accession in 2011, which would remove obstacles in developing economic relations with the United States.
- 17:10 09/03/2011
The United States is actively helping Russia enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2011, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said during a roundtable discussion with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
- 13:16 09/03/2011
Georgia will not allow Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the expense of its own interests, Vice Parliamentary Speaker Georgi Tsereteli said on Wednesday.
- 06:51 05/03/2011
The White House has named the signing of a missile defense cooperation agreement with Russia and the issue of the country's accession to the World Trade Organization as two priorities in its relations with Moscow in 2011.
- 18:12 24/02/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the country's accession to the World Trade Organization was a key condition for the signing of a partnership deal with the European Union.
- 14:44 22/02/2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will discuss a new Russia-EU partnership agreement and Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Brussels on Wednesday, a government spokesman said.
- 19:02 21/02/2011
Negotiations between Russia and the European Union on a new partnership agreement will not be completed until Moscow gains membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russia's EU envoy said on Monday.
- 16:19 11/02/2011
The Russian government will cut import duties on new cars to 25% from the existing 30% after the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Maxim Medvedkov, the country's chief WTO negotiator, said on Friday.
- 21:38 10/02/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
If all goes well, the European Union and the United States expect Russia will be able to join the World Trade Organization in January 2012.
- 20:05 29/01/2011
Russia has high chances of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Saturday.
- 10:59 30/12/2010
The Russian government may use non-tariff measures to protect the domestic car-making industry after joining the World Trade Organization, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday.
- 21:36 27/12/2010
Russia should first of all turn to Georgia if it wants to join the World Trade Organization, the Georgian foreign minister said on Monday.
- 19:24 10/12/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that a compromise on the issue of export duties on Russian round timber is possible after the country joins the World Trade Organization.
- 14:15 10/12/2010
Russia's membership of a Customs Union with Kazakhstan and Belarus will not hinder its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said on Friday.
- 22:36 08/12/2010 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
President Dmitry Medvedev went to Brussels for two reasons - to attend the 26th EU-Russia summit on December 7 and to make a state visit to the Kingdom of Belgium on December 8.
- 13:50 08/12/2010
Russia and Belgium have adopted a declaration paving the way for the scrapping of the visa regime and Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 21:29 07/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev explained on Tuesday how the country will join the World Trade Organization.
- 16:39 07/12/2010
Russia, the only major economy outside the World Trade Organization (WTO), moved one step closer to joining the trade bloc on Tuesday when it signed a memorandum of understanding on economic issues with the European Union.
- 14:57 07/12/2010
Russia and the EU signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday paving the way for Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 03:17 04/12/2010
The European Union supports Russia's efforts to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2011, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said.
- 21:05 01/12/2010
Russia and the European Union are expected to sign a document on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), following bilateral negotiations on the issue ahead of the Russia-EU summit due on December 7 in Brussels, Russian Envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said on Wednesday.
- 14:46 01/12/2010
Russia and the European Union will sign a document on December 7 on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), following bilateral negotiations on the issue, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said on Wednesday.
- 13:57 29/11/2010
Russia and the European Union will sign a document next week on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), following the results of bilateral negotiations on the issue, EU delegation to Russia head Fernando Valenzuela said on Monday.
- 22:58 26/11/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia could join the World Trade Organization by the end of 2011.
- 21:51 24/11/2010
Russia has resolved all disagreements with the European Union concerning its accession to the World Trade Organization, a Russian deputy premier said on Wednesday.
- 20:24 24/11/2010
Russia has resolved all disagreements with the European Union concerning its accession to the World Trade Organization, a Russian deputy premier said on Wednesday.
- 02:39 24/11/2010
Russian and EU officials will discuss on Wednesday Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 23:57 15/11/2010
U.S. Republican Senator John McCain called on the international community on Monday not to hastily push through Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 21:20 15/11/2010
The remaining issues hampering Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization should be resolved quickly, and without creating obstacles to businesses, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
- 07:30 14/11/2010
There is still a possibility that Georgia could block the Russian bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), but Russia hopes for support of other countries on this issue.
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