
Naryshkin proposes formation of Eurasian Parliament
Russian Speaker of Parliament Sergey Naryshkin has proposed the formation of a Eurasian Parliament based on direct democratic elections.
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Russian Speaker of Parliament Sergey Naryshkin has proposed the formation of a Eurasian Parliament based on direct democratic elections.
Russia has concluded the post-Soviet stage of development. Formation of the Customs Union and Single Economic Space with Belarus and Kazakhstan are the most significant step since collapse of the USSR, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the parliament, reporting on activities of 2011.
Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said at the Council of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Alma-Ata that the Eurasian Economic Union is open for all.
Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said that the Eurasian Economic Union is open for all, News Kazakhstan reports.She noted that EurAsEC is developing according to norms of the EU and WTO. The official reminded that Europe needed 40 years to transform the European Coal and Steel Community into the European Union. Development of the Customs Union, Single Economic Space and the Eurasian Economic Union is more dynamic.
Press coverage of the integration processes is pretty low
Heads of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) will discuss the further integration of Eurasia in Moscow.
The Eurasian Economic Commission has formed a working group to consider Kyrgyz membership in the Customs Union, EEC Minister for trade Andrey Slepnev said, RIA Novosti reports.The Customs Union was formed within the framework of the EurAsEC and Kyrgyzstan is involved. It joined the Customs Union in October 2011. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov said on October 18, 2011, that Russian media were talking about membership in the Customs Union early.
The Russian Chairman of Parliament Sergey Naryshkin believes that further integration and formation of the Eurasian Union requires formation of a Eurasian Parliament, RIA Novosti reports.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has awarded former Minister for Industry Victor Khristenko with the Order of Honour for contribution to the state policy in industry and longstanding scrupulous work, RIA Novosti reports.Khristenko was dismissed as Minister for Industry and Trade and became a member of the Eurasian Economic Commission, a new constant structure for regulating the Customs Union and the Single Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan,.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the bill on ratification of the agreement on formation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, the press service of Kazakh president said.
The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have taken another step towards the economic integration of their countries, after they signed a number of documents regulating the activities of the Eurasian Economic Commission at the meeting of the Supreme Economic Council of the ECE.
The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan after a meeting of the Supreme Economic Eurasian Council signed several documents concerning the flow of goods, capital and labor within the Common Economic Space of the three countries, as well as activities of the Eurasian Economic Commission - the supranational governing body of integration, RIA Novosti reports.
The Federation Council has ratified the deal on formation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, a supranational structure for the integration processes of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which will replace the Customs Union on July 1, 2012, RIA Novosti reports.
Ideas of interstate integration, the Eurasian and Customs Union will become clearer and will receive social support if they are presented in simpler language and based on examples, Editor-in-Chief of RIA Novosti Svetlana Mironyuk said.
Leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have signed formation of a Common Economic Space. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev does not rule out that the Eurasian Economic Union may be formed by 2015, he said at a press conference after the signing today.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev are going to meet in Moscow tomorrow, November 18th, Interfax reports.The parties are going to discuss further steps of integration in the framework of the Eurasian Union promoted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan plan to build a supernational structure- the Eurasian Economic Commission, an analogue of the European Commission. The idea was approved by prime ministers of the three states in Saint-Petersburg on October 19.