Russia''s accession to the WTO: implications for Belarus
At the end of December by the presidents of Belarus and Russia signed a Memorandum of understanding on WTO accession. Shortly before that, in November 2011, the presidents of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan on the results of the trilateral meeting in Moscow signed the Declaration on Eurasian economic integration, which announced the transition to the next phase of the merger, the common economic space (CES).