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experts believe Ukraine"s accession to the Customs Union would trigger a massive slump in exports, aggravating the country"s difficult economic situation still further.Furthermore, Ukraine"s bid is likely to complicate Moscow"s position at talks on energy issues inside the union, as Russia and Belarus entered a bitter dispute at the start of the year over duty-free oil supplies to Belarus that threatened crude deliveries to Europe.
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus signed in late November 2009 an agreement to create a customs union, paving the way for a single economic space. The agreement came into force on January 1, when the three countries introduced common foreign trade tariffs.
Ukraine"s accession to the union could be further complicated by its membership of the World Trade Organization.
In June 2009, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus notified the WTO of their intention to join the world trade club as a customs union, but four
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