... percent. The bulk of its budget still comes from remittances sent by Tajiks working in Russia. According to the Russian Central Bank, last year cash transfers
exceeded USD 3.831 billion
.
Tajikistan is also interested in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), especially after its neighbor Kyrgyzstan jumped on the bandwagon. Dushanbe is heatedly debating the virtues of membership, although the government, pundits and businesses still differ. To get a more detailed view of their expectations and concerns,...
Germany hosts Seventh Forum of the Future at Schloss Wackerbarth
On June 3–5, 2015, Schloss Wackerbarth in Germany hosted the Seventh Forum of the Future under the auspices of the President of the Landtag of Saxony, Dr. Matthias Rössler. The theme of this year’s forum is “
The Eurasian Economic Union: Current State and Prospects for Development
”.
The German side’s interest in forum stems from the deep crisis in relations between the European Union and the Russian...
On May 29, 2015, RIAC and the RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies held an
International Conference entitled “Russia and China: a New Partnership in a Changing World.”
The future of Russian-Chinese relations was at the heart of plenary sessions, expert debates and general discussions by participants.
Vladimir Portyakov
, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies,
Alexei Voskresensky
, Dean of the School of Political Science at MGIMO-University,
Sergei Kulik
, Director...
On May 29, 2015 the Eurasian Economic Union and Vietnam signed an agreement to establish a free trade area, a first for the EEU. Although significant, the arrangement seems to involve a lot of technical gaps requiring further work, with 10-15 years needed to complete the tasks and reaching the stated trade targets. We approached RIAC expert
Vladimir Mazyrin
, Doctor of Economics ...
On 8 May 2015, Moscow will see the next meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, attended by the heads of the EEU states. The Eurasian Economic Union started up under quite difficult geopolitical and geo-economic conditions. The confrontation between Russia and the West, the sharp drop in global oil prices and the collapse of the rouble are affecting the Eurasian ...
As a result of Russia's economic crisis, currencies in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) keep fluctuating, impacting both Kazakhstan and Belarus. Things have been so ghastly that in late 2014, Kazakh businesses asked their government to temporarily restrict trading with Russia because the tense soared against the ruble, making Russian ...
... country. If events unfold in his favor, there is a probability that Massimov’s authority will only grow, especially considering the degree to which Nazarbayev trusts him.
Flickr / Eric Lafforgue
Kyrgyzstan Experts’ Polemic:
“Kyrgyzstan and the EEU: Better In than Out”
How important are the events in Kazakhstan to Russia? On the one hand, Nazarbayev’s continued presidency would serve as a positive factor. It was no accident that Vladimir Putin wished his colleague success in the upcoming ...
On January 1, 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – a union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – was officially launched. Armenia’s accession treaty came into force on January 2, 2015, while Kyrgyzstan is set to join the Union in May 2015. Tajikistan is taking an interest in the ...
... Belarus in the west, and Central Asia.
The CSTO is critically important in view of political containment, as it has become a capable actor in the construction of the entire regional security environment. Moreover, before the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) emerged, the CSTO had actually been the most efficient structure in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Quite naturally, it works as a balancer and instrument of restraint, especially in the geopolitically complicated South Caucasus.
In fact,...
The Ukrainian crisis, when analyzed in terms of timing and breadth, could not but exert a significant influence on the socio-political landscape of the post-Soviet space. Moreover, the crisis seems to have put an end to the concept of the “post-Soviet space,” which has long been somewhat vague and reassuring.
The extent and type of the influence of the Ukrainian situation on other countries varies depending on their location and domestic conditions, but, obviously, the crisis will have...
