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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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