The WTO a and it be used for solving other “is trading platform” “shouldn't problems,” he said. latest sentence, which is likely to keep him imprisoned until 2017, may Khodorkovsky’s negatively affect Russia's image and complicate the country's bid to join the bloc, an unidentified official at the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama said last month, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Russia's accession to the WTO is anticipated by a number of countries. Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Tuesday that Russia should become a WTO member order to equalize the rights and duties of “in all market players during export-import operations.” Rossiskaya Gazeta: Euro-aid Published: 19 January, 2011, 04:09 Edited: 19 January, 2011, 05:03 Russia is ready to finance the EU rescue fund By Maria Zhebit Eurozone bonds could be of interest to Russia, Finance Minister Anleskey Kudrin told journalists yesterday. Meanwhile, Russia currently does not intend to again purchase Spanish securities last year, Spain was removed from the list of countries in which – Russia can invest state funds. The Finance Ministry has no immediate plans to return Spain to the list of countries in the securities of which the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund can invest. Earlier, Spain and Iceland were removed from the list as countries with an unstable economic situation. we cannot participate in such the is a “For now, allocations,” explained minister. “This question of preservation of assets, their security, and giving an account to our citizens.” At the same time, Russia may be interested in buying bonds which the European Financial Stability Facility plans to issue. the present time, we know the conditions of issue of such “At don’t instruments,” explained they could be quite Kudrin, “but attractive.” These bonds, according to Aleksandr Osin, chief economist with Finam Management, will be freed from risks associated with the weak finances of certain countries the “on of the EU. periphery”
The WTO “is a trading platform” and it “shouldn't be used for solving other problems,” he said. Khodorkovsky’s latest sentence, which is likely to keep him imprisoned until 2017, may negatively affect Russia's image and complicate the country's bid to join the bloc, an unidentified official at the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama said last month, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Russia's accession to the WTO is anticipated by a number of countries. Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Tuesday that Russia should become a WTO member “in order to equalize the rights and duties of all market players during export-import operations.” Rossiskaya Gazeta: Euro-aid Published: 19 January, 2011, 04:09 Edited: 19 January, 2011, 05:03 Russia is ready to finance the EU rescue fund By Maria Zhebit Eurozone bonds could be of interest to Russia, Finance Minister Anleskey Kudrin told journalists yesterday. Meanwhile, Russia currently does not intend to again purchase Spanish securities – last year, Spain was removed from the list of countries in which Russia can invest state funds. The Finance Ministry has no immediate plans to return Spain to the list of countries in the securities of which the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund can invest. Earlier, Spain and Iceland were removed from the list as countries with an unstable economic situation. “For now, we cannot participate in such allocations,” explained the minister. “This is a question of preservation of assets, their security, and giving an account to our citizens.” At the same time, Russia may be interested in buying bonds which the European Financial Stability Facility plans to issue. “At the present time, we don’t know the conditions of issue of such instruments,” explained Kudrin, “but they could be quite attractive.” These bonds, according to Aleksandr Osin, chief economist with Finam Management, will be freed from risks associated with the weak finances of certain countries “on the periphery” of the EU.
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