The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation redrafted application documents for WTO in view of the new Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Russia has been trying to access WTO since 1993. The controversy was mainly connected with fixing quotas for meat import in Russia and state support of the agricultural producers. June 2009 Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan announced their access as a unified customs territory and suspended bilateral talks with WTO. October 2009 they renewed the dialogue on a stand-alone basis but on agreed terms.
Source: www.tks.ru