... looking outward. Eurasian Economic Commission. Объемы, темпы и пропорции развития взаимной торговли государств - членов ЕАЭС, январь – апрель 2016. Catherine Putz. “Russia and Kazakhstan’s Trade War” The Diplomat. April 30, 2015. “Kazakh official says EEU planned as political bloc” BNE IntelliNews. May 27, 2014. “Putin signs economic union deal with ex-Soviet states” BBC News. May 29th, 2014. [v] “Heads of the EAEU States at the SEEC session summarised and outlined the prospective ...
... of energy sources at an affordable price.”
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Exporting countries
pay more attention to the “security of demand”; the sustainable demand for hydrocarbons for reasonable prices on the international markets
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In the case of the EEU leaders – Russia and Kazakhstan
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– the export of hydrocarbons is one of the largest income items in the structure of their national budgets. Russia’s export of hydrocarbons abroad declined to 66,4% of total exports in 2015 (in comparison with 73,4% in 2014)....
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Commonwealth of Independent States: New
Wine into Old Wineskins?
Among the key risks to Russia’s Eurasian policy is the possibility that radical Islam adds fuel to the... ... instance, IS militants were killed in a special operation in Bishkek. The authorities in Kazakhstan have also succeeded in preventing a series of planned terrorist attacks by... ... no guarantee that integration will yield a quick return. The economic climate in all EEU member states is gloomy, with their markets being squeezed by external factors....
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....
... distance from geopolitics. The fallout of Crimea’s move to Russia was the first trial for the EEU integration experience, causing disagreement within the union and greater emphasis on sovereignty among its members.
Measures under discussion in Kazakhstan, including bans on cheap Russian goods, only prove that each EEU member state will be guided by profit. It seems a fairly healthy process of adjustment and outlining the union’s borders. Any integration process implies a permanent search for compromises and will definitely benefit the Kazakhs.
What role could ...
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 EEU as well. During a meeting between the Russian ...
... depending on their location and domestic conditions, but, obviously, the crisis will have a significant impact on the perception of Russia’s role in its nearest neighborhood. In this regard, it is important to understand the effects produced by the Ukrainian ... ... cannot but fuel phobias and speculation, especially in countries where Russian-speaking minorities live in compact settlements. Kazakhstan offers the most vivid example of the latter, as the share of the Slavic population in its northern regions of Akmola,...
