The EAEU Amid Global Uncertainty
... developing cooperation with China, Russia sometimes acts on behalf of the entire EAEU without consulting with its other members. This was the case, for example, in 2015, when only Russia took part in the preparation of the statement on the integration of the EAEU and China’s Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, without engaging with other countries of the Union or with the Eurasian Economic Commission (Korolev and Kalachigin, 2022). However, such focused attention of the leaders of the two countries to the integration prospects does not alleviate, but sometimes even increases, other participants’ fears of accelerated ...