| Popis: |
exhausted several integration-related benefits, while the associated expenses have increased. Russia’s accession to the WTO exacerbated problems with sales of Belarusian commodities in the Russian market. The excessive dependence of Belarus on the Russian market amid a recession there has resulted in a growing foreign trade deficit. Complications and conflicts of interests among the Customs Union members were escalating, which will remain a determining factor throughout the entire process of creation of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC). The problem of oil duties paid to the Russian budget, which has been fundamentally important to the Belarusian leadership, was not resolved, so it remains on the 2014 agenda. Belarus’ exclusive dependence on Russia increasingly restrains the autonomy of the Belarusian government, which in many respects concerns management of national enterprises considering that Russian banks are their direct lenders. |
