30.04.2008 9:09:41
Medvedkov: Support to Abkhazia and South Ossetia doesn’t violate WTO rules (RIA Novosti, April 30, 2008)

Russian support to the population of unrecognized republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia doesn’t violate WTO rules, but Tbilisi will resume talks on Russian Accession to WTO only after Russia has cancelled its decision to establish direct ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian chief negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said.

Full text of the article in Russian is available here.