... and South Asian countries, as well as cooperation with the CIS countries, has traditionally been a Russian priority. That priority has become more pronounced in recent years. It is manifested above all in the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an international association of five former Soviet economies: Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and later Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. It is also evident in the growing partnership with Asia-Pacific countries. Russia’s presidency of the Asia-Pacific ...
... foreign policy and Russia’s regional strategy in the South Caucasus. A Russian military base is located in Armenia, while Russian border guards also ensure the protection of Armenia’s borders with Turkey and Iran. Armenia is a member of the EEU and the CSTO, and is one of the most convenient political partners for Moscow among the post-Soviet countries. Russia is the main investor in Armenia (as of early 2015, Russian investments in the country amounted to
4 billion dollars
). Cultural ...
... economic development and enhance competitiveness. Given that the crisis in relations with the collective West has deprived Russia of getting access to western technology, expertise and finances, cooperation with the countries of Asia-Pacific and the EEU can help find alternative opportunities for growth and development in the form of investment, technology, large infrastructure and transport projects, human capital and labor.
As to the EEU, integration within the framework of the Union allows to ...
... our worldview?
“Global interconnectedness” and “global governance” are the unchallenged dictums of the day. But is this Eurocentric axiom relevant anymore? This may sound rather disconcerting but the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) or Greater Eurasia – facilitated by Russian geopolitics and Chinese Silk Road initiatives –may in fact constitute a self-sustaining ecosystem.
Proponents of the global village paradigm may be discomposed by this suggestion but as Groucho ...
On November 3, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, IMEMO Director Academician Alexander Dynkin and Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine Fyodor Lukyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, visited the Embassy of France to meet with Head of Continental Europe Department at French Foreign Ministry Florence Mangin for the discussion of Ukraine settlement, implementation progress of Minsk accords, Syria and initial results of the Vienna process...
... Minsk did not expect the Treaty to provide exemptions in bilateral trade, especially in oil, gas and medicines. Falling trade regulation in these areas under bilateral negotiations
incurred Belarusian authorities’ displeasure
.
Shortly after the EEU officially launched on January 1, 2015, Belarus
made it clear
that it reserved the right to leave the Union if agreements reached under the EEU were not observed. This statement was prompted by the
restrictions
imposed in January by Russia’s ...
... one vote soared to USD 100, and taking into account unofficial expenses, the winning parties must have paid an average of USD 10 million.
Value Deputy by His Input
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Kyrgyzstan Experts’ Polemic:
“
Kyrgyzstan and the EEU: Better In than Out
”
The key intrigue that became the main political scandal after the announcement of the results was the distribution of seats through the party lists. In order to determine the vote allocation, each candidate was given a ...
... Organization (CSTO). It has a Russian military base, and Russian border guards secure the republic’s outer boundaries alongside their Armenian colleagues. Second, since January 2, 2015 Yerevan has been an official member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
[3]
. Third, Moscow plays a very important role in the process of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. Western diplomats and experts more often criticize Russia for “freezing” rather than seeking to solve this long-festering conflict
[4]
. ...
Syria and especially Ukraine appear to be inflection points in the trajectory of Russian foreign policy
Ivan Timofeev, who participated in the annual meeting of Valdai International Discussion Club is giving a talk on the outline of future Russian foreign policy.
After the Ukraine crisis and military intervention in Syria, the key principles and ideas underpinning Russian foreign policy are becoming easier to understand.
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis and the military airstrikes in...
The meeting of CIS heads of state held in Kazakhstan on 16 October 2015 drew attention with its multilateral format, which has long been the subject of the phrase “either good or nothing.”
In both Russia and other post-Soviet states, the Commonwealth is viewed as an instrument for soft adaptation to gradual, but consistent and inevitable differentiation of foreign policy and foreign economy priorities of the countries of the former Soviet Union. CIS summits have held meetings of political...
