22/12/2011 - POINT OF VIEW: Russia’s WTO membership and Central Asia

BISHKEK, Dec 22 (By Giorgio Fiacconi-TCA publisher). The news that Russia was admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) did not catch sufficient headlines in Central Asia press, but after 18 years since the start of negotiations (application to GATT in 1993) and a considerable amount of squabbling over the joining of such organization, there is no doubt that this fact is remarkable and deserves appropriate consideration for economic and political reasons.