The State Duma called not to use the WTO for political pressure

"It is important that the WTO mechanisms are not used by individual countries in order to economically and politically exert pressure on other participants in the trade ... We will seek to maintain the WTO as a guarantor of a fair, non-discriminatory and effective international trading system," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

According to him, Russia proposes to begin adjusting the work of the WTO to maintain the principles of non-discrimination and mutual respect for the interests of the participants.

Zhukov emphasized that unilateral sanctions infringe on the sovereignty of states and constitute interference in their internal affairs.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin spoke about the "deplorable state" of the WTO.