State Duma ratifies agreement on free trade with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The State Duma on Tuesday ratified two agreements on trade with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.The documents are intended to address the current tariff regulation measures in respect of goods originating in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after they stopped being part of Georgia, the head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky said.The State Duma on Tuesday ratified two agreements on trade with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The documents are intended to address the current tariff regulation measures in respect of goods originating in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after they stopped being part of Georgia, the head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky said.