In December 2012, the Russian foreign trade was carried out in a situation of stabilized prices on the main export goods, as well as slow-down of domestic demand. In the Russian Federation, measures are being actively developed to protect domestic producers in a situation where Russia is a...

The rate of growth in both, exports and imports in recent months are ranging around zero. In October, Russia for the first time took part in the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a full member

In September 2013, the main indices of the Russian foreign trade did not virtually change, which situation was justified by slowdown of the growth rates of the global economy, worsening of the global market situation for Russian commodities, as well as reduction of the aggregate demand on the...

From April 2012, the Russian foreign trade has been in stagnation. In the past few months, growth rates of both export and import fluctuated near the zero level. Russia turned down the EU's request to the WTO to convene a panel of arbitrators to consider the issue of the existing mechanism of...

In 2015, the RF foreign economic activity was subject to a set of negative factors: significant reduction of prices on all tradable commodities, contraction of external demand due to slowdown of the world economy, compression of domestic demand due to a fall of income and investment....

The accession negotiations of Belarus to the WTO are unusual since, due to its obligations in the Eurasian Economic Union, WTO accession is not expected to impact its tariffs or formerly substantial trade distorting agricultural subsidies. Nonetheless, we estimate that WTO accession will...

In September 2015, the Russian foreign trade turnover was contracting. Deterioration of relations with Turkey, which is a major trading and economic partner of the Russian Federation, added to many negative factors affecting Russian foreign trade

Prevailing Russia's export commodity pattern failed to take advantage of the ruble depreciation and increase commodities export. Export dynamic as before is determined by the impact of the reduction of global prices on main Russian export commodities. Russia's import is affected by the negative...