... matter of loyalty, to neutralize it. For instance, Russia
provides gratuitous aid
to the Kyrgyz Republic in the amount of 200 million dollars under an inter-governmental agreement. In fact, this money is allocated for the adaptation to entering the EEU. A Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund is in place. However, in 2015 the Kyrgyz Republic has repeatedly proposed to establish a Chinese-Kyrgyz Development Fund. In order to avoid potential disputes concerning economic influence, the Kyrgyz Republic would be ...
... of Belarus’s foreign trade. While Russia mostly supplies raw materials to its western partner (which account for up to 90 per cent of the total trade volume, according to
some estimates
), Belarus supplies products with higher added value to Russia and the rest of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
Following the negotiations in Moscow, Lukashenko called for Eurasian integration to be promoted further. He spoke about the plans to establish a single EEU market and develop industrial cooperation, as well as major infrastructure projects, the ...
... on] internal development and to search for opportunities abroad, however uncertain the ultimate outcome might be. This ought to benefit Russia’s neighbours to the East and South because they are also hunting for new sources of growth. China and Russia’s EEU partners face similar challenges, although they are looking abroad for different reasons.
China
China's internal economic situation has changed in recent years, with growth slowing and the yuan being devalued. Disparities between different regions’ ...
... institutional deficit in Eurasia, it is necessary to take into account the mistakes and complexities of building security in Europe, where new rifts and conflicts unfortunately tend to arise.
REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin
Belarusian Experts’ Polemics:
the EEU Needs New Growth Drivers
Finally, another important Russian interest is to establish the country’s role as an equal, constructive and creative partner. Many foreign media, especially in the West, spread negative stereotypes about the country. Russia is seen as a threat and is described as an unreliable ...
... from some part of the Armenian society, as well as from political and governmental circles, especially dissatisfied with Armenia’s membership in the EEU and its refusal to sign an Association Agreement with the EU. Due to the economic crisis in Russia and the institutional weakness of the EEU, Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union in early 2015 has not had a prominent positive economic effect. So, following its accession to the EEU, Armenia expected to receive 1.13 percent of the Union’s total customs receipts, as the ...
... Therefore, preventing chaos and Islamization as well as preserving statehood in Central Asia, the most vulnerable region of the EEU space, is one of the most urgent priorities.
Due to the terrorist attacks in Paris and increased safety requirements in the Russian Federation, the country is faced with a fundamental dilemma of maintaining the integration momentum within the EEU and of guaranteeing the security of citizens at the same time. This dilemma is quite thorny and requires a delicate resolution. As the concentration of militants in northern Afghanistan grows, as more natives of Russia and Central Asia including the ...
... 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 Marx once said: “A black cat crossing ...
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 ...
... Commercial, industrial, financial ties between Minsk and other EEU member states, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, are underdeveloped;
To diversify end markets for its products, Belarus is interested in developing economic relations not only with Russia and EEU members, but also with the EU, China and other partners.
Minsk would like to renew economic cooperation with the EU through the EEU, and to become a WTO member in the near future.
Prepared for publication by Galia Ibragimova, Consultant, PIR-Center ...
... policy in Armenia are not strong enough
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. However, they exploit such themes as Armenia’s “total dependence” on the Russian military and government authorities, “dragging” the country into the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), “Russian support for Armenian authoritarianism”, Moscow’s reluctance to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the need to put an end to isolation, which is allegedly good for Russia, and so on. The United States in the most active of the external ...
