Well congratulations to Tajikistan on successfully joining the WTO - full membership taking effect yesterday, 2nd March.
Having applied back in May 2001, Tajikistan has joined in little over a decade – which is quite timely for a FSU nation – all things considered – particularly so if one is in no rush whilst waiting for Russia to be bound by membership rules before joining a few international clubs in which Russia sits, yourself.
Next stop, undoubtedly will be joining the Customs Union with fairly immediate effect – followed by the Eurasian Union if it is up and running in a practical sense by 2015 – which as matters progress, looks likely.
A small but interesting regional development.