Russia To Withdraw From The WTO And WHO

RT: Russia moves to withdraw from WTO, WHO 

Proposals for ending membership in the international organizations have been sent to the parliament Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, is planning to discuss the potential withdrawal of the country from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), according to Pyotr Tolstoy, the vice speaker of the parliament.  

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a list of such agreements to the State Duma, and together with the Federation Council [upper house of parliament] we are planning to evaluate them and then propose to withdraw from them,” Tolstoy said on Tuesday.  

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Update: Russia considers leaving WHO and WTO amongst other World organisations (EuroWeekly) 

WNU Editor: I understand why Russia wants to withdrawal from WTO. But withdrawing from WHO is a mistake.

Update #2: This was expected .... Russia withdraws from Council of Baltic Sea States — Foreign Ministry statement (TASS).