Russia's Finance Minister says Poland in the EU might be good for Russia

On Monday Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko talked with the president of the Russian National Bank Siergiej Michajlowicz Ignatiew about the efficiency of the monetary policy in Russia during his visit to Moscow. They were also discussing the idea of creating a joint currency zone in some of the states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States and the possibilities of cooperation between Poland and Russia in international financial organ izations. Kołodko also met with Russia's Finance Minister Aleksiej Kudrin, who presented the objectives and goals of Russia's structural reforms, which will be analyzed by the Russian government this week. "The parties also agreed that Poland joining the EU might improve the flow of capital and goods with Russia," the Finance Ministry's spokesman Jarosław Skowroński said. (www.onet.pl) M.M.