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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at a meeting with the leaders of Russia and Belarus that the treaty on formation of the Eurasian Economic Union was ready for signing and meets the interests of all sides, RIA Novosti reports.In his …
The Russian Public Chamber and the Eurasian Choice Discussion Club organized a round-table conference on the eve of the Day of the Azerbaijan Republic to discuss Russian-Azerbaijani ties, round up their progress in the past years and exchange opinions about prospects for further cooperation.
The signing of the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union is scheduled for May 29, when the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will gather for a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana - this is the official announcement of the Kremlin press service released today. The document emphasizes that this will complete the formation of the largest common market in the CIS, which is destined to become a powerful new center of economic development.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, a notable U.S. political expert, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s ex-National Security Advisor, has proposed secret negotiations with Russia, similar to the ones signed for Finland and Austria, ITAR-TASS …
Leonid Gusev is sure
77% of respondents surveyed in Georgia support Georgia's accession to the EU, 72 % support joining NATO, a report by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) says. As for the future of Georgia's accession to NATO, 14% believe that this process will last for four years, 24% think that Georgia will be accepted into NATO after 2018, 21% think that it will never happen, 40% found it difficult to answer, Trend reports. However, 6% of respondents support Georgia joining the Eurasian Union created by Russia.
The Eurasian Economic Union has no alternative
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Leonid Savin, the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitika and the head of the project "Eurasian analysis", believes that the Eurasian Union, unlike the European Union, is built on the principle of equal rights for all the participants of the integration process, whatever their size and influence.
Alexander Dzasokhov, Soviet and Russian state and party activist, diplomat, USSR ambassador to Syria (1986-1988), member of the Political Bureau of the CC of the CPSU (1990-1991), president of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania (1998-2005), the current member of the guardian board of the Russian Council for International Affairs, speaks about the prospects of the Eurasian Union in the South Caucasus.
Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov today that the Eurasian Union Treaty will be ready for signing in Astana by late May, ITAR-TASS reports.Idrisov noted that an important …
Iskander Khisamov, director of the Expert Council Analytical Center, has commented on Ukraine’s plans to quit the CIS. In his words, Kiev viewed the CIS as a format for relations with Russia. Ukraine considers Russia an aggressor and expected no benefit from further cooperation, said the expert. He predicts that Ukraine will turn into an appendage of Europe eventually.
Interview by Vestnik Kavkaza The economic situation in the North Caucasus and business relations between Russia and the South Caucasus countries have been associated recently with the tense situation in the Russian economy. Russian economist and politician, presidential aide Sergey Glaziyev told Vestnik Kavkaza about the prospects of development of various economic spheres in the North Caucasus and the development of economic relations with the South Caucasus.
The Washington Post publsihed an article headlined "The Obama administration is underestimating Putin’s ambitions." According to the authors of the article, former advisors to Georgia’s government Molly McKew and Gregory Maniatis, the US authorities still don't have a clear understanding of Russia's policies.
Say supporters of Eurasian integration
A member of the Public Chamber of Russia, the General Director of the Center for Social-Conservative Policy of Russia, Lyudmila Shuvalova, believes that Europe will not benefit from ceasing relations with Russia. At the same time, the expert believes that there is a growing demand in society for an understanding of a concrete development route for the Eurasian Union.
The president of the New Commonwealth Industrial Union, the co-chair of the Moscow Economic Forum, Konstantin Babkin, talks about North Caucasus' economy and the fact that the economic development of the Eurasian Union's member states is necessary for successful implementation of the Eurasian project.
An international conference was held in Moscow today in the framework of the Eurasian Choice discussion club. Experts from Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Moldova discussed the prospects of Eurasian integration.
Experts from Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Moldova have gathered at an international conference of the Eurasian Choice Discussion Club in Moscow today to discuss prospects of Eurasian integration projects, the geopolitical situation on the post-Soviet space and economic progress.
Kyrgyz ex-President Askar Akayev said at the Moscow Economic Forum that large geopolitical players were fighting for integration of post-Soviet states in their own economy. He emphasized that there was no other way to develop, besides integration. The ex-president pointed out Moldova and Georgia who were among the targets Europe tried to drag into its economy. Akayev assures that only strong regional integration would help Russia and CIS states to achieve world-level development.
