Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nadezhda Volovik Author-Name-First: Nadezhda Author-Name-Last: Volovik Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Karina Kharina Author-Name-First: Karina Author-Name-Last: Kharina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The Foreign Trade Abstract: In a situation of slowdown of global trade growth, growth in the Russian foreign trade turnover is declining, as well. It is to be noted that though during seven months of this year trade with far abroad countries showed positive dynamics there was a recession in relations with CIS states. The Eurasian Economic Commission stepped up its activities to protect the domestic market of the Customs Union in a situation of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Classification-JEL: F10, F14, F15, F40 Keywords: Foreign trade Journal:Russian Economic Developments Year: 2012 Issue: 10 Month: September Pages: 20-24 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/3Volovik.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:3