Russia To Invest $9 Bln In Agriculture In WTO Accession Bid

But Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's top negotiator at the WTO talks, said Russian agriculture was still unlikely to be globally competitive in the next decade

"It is not realistic to speak about [competitiveness] in the next 5-10 years," he said.

Experts have been drafting plans on where the budget allocations will be spent, Medvedkov said.

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Source: Novosti

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