PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS AS AN INDIRECT MEANS OF STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

For historical and geopolitical reasons, as well as circumstantial reasons stemming from regional alliances and pacts, Russia cannot duplicate the methods of unification that have come to be known throughout Western Europe. The main cause of it has been identified as the enormous disproportion between Russia and other partner-states in the Customs Union. Some of them, especially Kazakhstan, are afraid of this dissonance and disagree with enhanced cooperation on a political level. It is the reason why states in Eurasia are only able to build economical blocks. Russian and European investors have become more active in the Russian market. Trade is growing steadily and has reached a historical maximum. The EU’s objective is to maintain its position as a major investor in the Russian economy, despite temporary problems. Activity in the WTO, in connection with the Customs Union agenda, increases household income, while trade modernization within the economy helps to protect human rights. This is quite an unexpected effect of internal reforms and accession to the WTO. The WTO strengthens the rights of intellectual property owners and the instruments that they use to enforce those rights in courts. This is one of the examples of how people in Russia have attained an additional instrument for defending their rights.

• Mendyk

• Социальные (общественные) науки