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VLADIMIR PUTIN (l) -"EU bureaucrats either don't understand it or deliberately put unacceptable conditions for Russia to join the WTO" (Photo: Kremlin Press Service)

Russia accuses EU of making WTO entry difficult

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that it is unreasonable for the EU to expect Russia to raise energy prices as a condition for joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Speaking on Thursday before a forum of Russian and German businessmen in Yehaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains, President Putin said: "EU bureaucrats either don't understand it or deliberately put unacceptable conditions for Russia to join the WTO. We ...

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VLADIMIR PUTIN (l) -"EU bureaucrats either don't understand it or deliberately put unacceptable conditions for Russia to join the WTO" (Photo: Kremlin Press Service)

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