London appreciated Russia's decision to close Britain’s road to the WTO

Russia is boycotting the UK’s intention to retain all existing quotas for international trade operations even after the withdrawal from the European Union. In London, they acknowledged that Moscow in a similar way taught a good lesson to the entire world community.
The UK leaves the European Union, but at the same time expresses a desire to keep its import and export quotas within the framework of the WTO. Russia is boycotting this intention, and now London will have to negotiate import and export with each country individually, and not within the framework of the World Trade Organization. This situation will significantly complicate the lives of the British. The Daily Telegraph drew attention to this. The publication notes that the West recently used this mechanism to block Saudi Davos, when some ministers refused to participate in the International Economic Forum in Riyadh, and now they are paying the price to Europeans with the same coin.
The author points out that for the UK this situation is not critical, but adds quite a lot of problems with Brexit. The newspaper writes that Russia taught an excellent lesson to the entire world community, not allowing the British to retain import and export quotas for themselves within the framework of the WTO. At the same time, experts note that in fact this does not restrict London in trade and production, but without official confirmation of the quotas that the British have to isolate due to withdrawal from the European Union, other countries can use this situation to their advantage.

As noted by the publication, if in the near future there will be no additional agreements, the UK will be forced to make concessions in trade relations with partner countries. According to the author, Russia has no reason to open the way to the WTO for London, since it itself hopes to throw off numerous sanctions as soon as possible. In this situation, the British will have to spend a lot of time and resources to build relations even with friendly states.
This whole process will last for a long time, since each of the countries will try to get the most convenient and favorable conditions for themselves using all sorts of tools. The Daily Telegraph notes that the boycott by Russia is not a big event on the WTO plane, but it has a very significant impact on the economic side of Brexit for the UK. Thus, the Russian side maximally openly demonstrated the difficulties that people who play leading roles in British trade may face.