Putin, autos and the WTO: the real position

Vladimir Putin’s statement on 30 August that import duties on cars will be raised in the coming years was just one of many headline-grabbing quotes to come out of his 11-day tour of Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East (including a 2,500 kilometre road trip at the wheel of his bright yellow Lada Kalina). But it has not been drowned out since by other Putin soundbites from the trip such as his observation that participants in unauthorized street protests should expect to get bashed on...

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