Russia to Continue Changes Required By OECD Despite Frozen Accession Process

摘要

Russia is continuing to make the changes to its competition and environmental laws that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development requires as a condition of membership, even though Russia's accession to the OECD has been stalled Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a July 7 meeting that he had recently met with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria and agreed to continue to work with OECD experts, according to a Kremlin transcript. The OECD officially froze Russia's accession process in reaction to the ongoing tensions involving Russia's actions in Ukraine. Improvements in: corporate governance and public administration; antimonopoly law and the promotion of competition; environmental laws and introduction of best available technology requirements; and in increasing productivity were the areas for continuing change named by the minister.