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In August it will have been a year since Russia became a member of the World Trade Organization, after spending 18 years striving to attain member status. Despite its long preparation period and the country's strong desire to become a member of the WTO, only a handful of sectors have been able to derive a benefit thus far. The majority of the key sectors of Russia's economy are faring badly and only seem to be getting worse, and the biggest victim turned out to be agriculture, in which the constraints were removed in one go, rather than gradually.
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