OREANDA-NEWS. January 28, 2011.  The Russian delegation at the talks on Russia joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) has secured outstandingly huge subsidies for the domestic agriculture industry, the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin said. “Our delegates have negotiated for so massive a subsidy that we even will not be able to pay it in the near future.

We just do not have enough budgetary funds”, Putin said when talking to citizens at his community liaison office in Orenburg. The Prime Minister assured agriculture producers there should not be any cuts in subsidies to the domestic agriculture sector after Russia’s joining the WTO. “We will not leave the agriculture market unattended or let things slide. We are with you!” Putin summarized.