Political climate change in the post-Soviet space
in the view of experts in 2013
Eurasian Union
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The Caucasus press review (December 16-22)
Local media sources on Caucasus affairs
Economic growth on the Caspian shore
noted by Diplomatisches Magazin
Russia-Transcaucasia: first results of the year
Alexei Pushkov: “Armenia’s decision to join the CU influenced the current position of Ukraine”
Russian MP rounds up relations of Russia and South Caucasus in 2013
Commenting on progress in relations of Russia and the South Caucasus in 2013, Head of the Russian parliamentary committee for international relations Alexey Pushkov said that they had stabilized. He reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin had visited Baku and tensions provoked by closing of the Qabala Radar in Azerbaijan had disappeared. The official added that Azerbaijan had not signed the EU association agreement and had certain prospects for integration with Russia.
The Caucasus press review (November 25 – December 1)
Local media sources on Caucasus affairs
European integration faces difficulties
The situation is changing ahead of the Vilnius summit of the Eastern Partnership
World press on new Georgian president (November 19, 2013)
L'Express published an article by Régis Genté headlined "La Géorgie poursuit son rêve européen" ("Georgia pursues its European Dream"). "When in October 2012 billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili promised to overthrow President Saakashvili, who was accused of authoritarian rule, he was no one but a mysterious oligarch believed to be a Kremlin puppet," the article reads.
How the U.S.A. establishes a new world order
Experts have similar views on the American foreign policy
The Eurasian Union: form and content
Legally, the union will began to exist in 2015, but experts have doubts over its quality
E. Kuzmina: "First we have to build a functioning economic union"
During a round-table discussion dedicated to the establishment of the Eurasian Union, the head of the department for the economic development of post-Soviet countries in the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Elena Kuzmina, said that in her opinion if the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will remain in their offices then the Eurasian Union will be created, but its quality will remain in question.
Will Armenia and the EU adopt a visa-free regime?
Yerevan stands between a “high-tech instrument” and a “rusty wrench”
Georgian view of relations with Russia
Geneva will host new talks on Trans-Caucasus security where Russia will insist on the signing of an agreement on non-use of force between Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. On the other hand, the week was highlighted by burning of the Russian flag at a music festival in Poti.
Georgian paradoxes: the view from Tbilisi
The winners see “the end of the old epoch,” the losers – “the beginning of a new era”
The introduction of visas separates our countries from each other
Member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress Rustam Arifdzhanov and chairman of the Central Council of the All-Russian public organization Russian Congress of Uzbeks Ibrahim Khoudayberdiyev discussed national policy carried out in Russia and ways of preventing ethnic conflicts. The experts pointed out that the introduction of a visa regime for the countries of the former Soviet Union will alienate Russia from these countries, and in general political will is needed for addressing the problems of illegal migration.
The Customs Union is bursting but not expanding
Kyrgyz President ignored the summit of the Customs Union in Minsk
Manvel Sarkisyan: “Mass migration from Armenia is no accident”
Interview by David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik KavkazaThe head of the Armenian Center of National and Strategic Studies, Manvel Sarkisyan, told Vestnik Kavkaza about new opportunities for the authorities in the context of the degradation of political processes and opposition parties in Armenia.- The results of the parliamentary and presidential elections cast a gloom over the Armenian society. What are challenges does this mental condition contain?
Beijing starts a geo-economic game
Why has Medvedev left for China?
Diasporic leaders call for reform of Russian immigration legislation
The ethnic policy of the Moscow authorities and ways of preventing ethnic conflicts in the Russian capital were discussed today
The parliamentary dimension of the Eurasian Union
Chairman of the Duma Committee for CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Leonid Slutsky reviewed the prospects of Eurasian integration, including basic forms of inter-parliamentary cooperation, the role of the parliamentary bodies of international organizations in the integration processes and mechanisms for the harmonization of legislation of the countries participants of integration.
