'Mercury Club' sums up 2011 results
Yevgeny Primakov: “One shouldn’t turn normal stress of election run into an anti-Putin campaign”
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Kazakhstan: sparring partner for ruling party defined
Ak Zhol supports Nazarbayev as well
Georgiy Saralidze: “VK is the best media-source on the Caucasus”
Among other achievements of the year 2011 one should mention the increased attention paid by the government to the geographical component of the country’s geopolitics.
20 years of CIS – Azerbaijani view
The Commonwealth of Independent States played an important role in strengthening cooperation and coordination of efforts in various spheres after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Fikret Sadykhov, an Azerbaijani diplomat and professor of the Western University, told Vestnik Kavkaza.
Armenian view on 20 years of CIS
Vestnik Kavkaza has asked experts of various states on their view of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a replacement for the Soviet Union, and its role in the last 20 years.
Uzbek president hails Eurasian integration
Uzbek President Islam Karimov says he hails integration of the post-Soviet countries, RIA Novosti reports."The Eurasian Union project is a natural result of the processes unfolding in today's world," Karimov says.
European question: What should we do with Russia?
Stefan Meister recommends Europe to start a direct dialogue with civil society and Russians
Russia needs to be friends with the Caucasus
According to astrologer Pavel Globa
CIS prospects at youth forum
Andrey Kortunov and Farid Mukhamentshin discuss the situation
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan may adopt common currency - Putin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hopes that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will adopt a common currency. The states have not reached the same integration level as the European Union, but it is still a prospect for the future as part of the single economic space and formation of the Eurasian Union, he said.
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Alan Kasayev: “Potential role of VK’s analytic section may prove to be quite special”
20 years ago, after the collapse of the USSR, 15 new independent states emerged on the world map. This year these states celebrated the anniversary of their independence: Ukraine in August, Azerbaijan in October, etc. Kazakhstan will be the last one to celebrate its anniversary of independence - on December, 16. Experts estimate that this is one of the most economically successful of the post-Soviet states.
EU interested in Eurasian Union – Catherine Ashton
The European Union is interested in the idea of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan forming a Eurasian Union, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said, RIA Novosti reports.
YHCS CIS 2011
Participants of the Youth Historic-Cultural Session of the CIS 2011 on the forum and their projects
Eurasian Union: view from Tbilisi - 2
Several trends from Tbilisi, which appeared during an analysis of the initiative
Aram Karapetyan: “Most efficient direction for Armenia is pro-Russian”
On November 18th, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a declaration on Eurasian economy integration – a road map of the integration process, which is aimed at establishing of the Eurasian Economic Union. The opposition politician, the leader of the Armenian party New Times, Aram Karapetyan, told VK about prospects of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Union with common political, economic, military, customs, humanitarian and cultural space.
Diaspora role in politics
Alexei Orlov: ‘We should increase the influence of Eurasian economic organizations’
Eurasian Union: view from Tbilisi - 1
Several trends from Tbilisi, which appeared during an analysis of the initiative
World Press on Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus (November 25, 2011)
The New York Times reported that two days after the British government announced it was cutting off all transactions with the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian banks, Iran’s Parliament on Wednesday voted to scale back diplomatic relations with Britain, with one lawmaker calling for the British ambassador to be expelled. “Britain’s government once again showed a depth of hatred and enmity towards the Islamic republic system worse than that of the devil, and it took another step towards being an enemy,” said a statement signed by 228 lawmakers and read in Parliament.
Russia must show benefits of Eurasian Union to interest Azerbaijan – Rauf Talyshinsky
Russia needs to show benefits of membership in the Eurasian Union in order for Azerbaijan to join it, Rauf Talyshinsky, Editor-in-Chief of the Echo of Moscow, told News Azerbaijan.
Experts discuss prospects of Eurasian Union at FEAM
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.
