date:Aug 02, 2012
threat to agriculture was the main reason behind the near-derailment of the Russian accession to the WTO in early July. In mid-June the deputies of Russias Communist Party appealed to the Constitutional Court to block the ratification of the protocol on Russias accession to the WTO, on the basis that it would bring significant losses to the Russian agricultural industry, particularly the pork sector. However, the Constitutional Court dismissed the case and Russian parliament ratified the protoc