The meeting discussed the current state of the negotiations on Russia’s accession to the WTO and the prospect of their completion.

"In their policy statements the country’s leaders have set the task of achieving a qualitative change of life in the coming years. The strategic benchmarks of Russia’s development call for profound work on the mechanisms of their implementation and the study of the obstacles and challenges that we encounter. The challenges are many. We all know what they are."

“We can now see that the work to create a mercantile exchange is making good progress: A license has been formed and a taskforce is being put together.”