WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 ??“ It will be next to impossible for Ukraine to join the World Trade Organization if Russia joins the group faster, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told U.S. congressmen at a meeting Wednesday.

???If Russia joins ahead of us than it would be almost impossible for Ukraine to join the WTO,??? Yekhanurov said after his meeting with the congressmen in Washington, Ukrayinski Novyny reported.