Eurasian Economic Union established - page 2.

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Quote from: Ron~Popeil on May 30, 2014, 11:07:31 AM

Economic cooperation is always a good thing. It makes hostility less likely. I suspect this move might be more about Putin's dreams of restoring the Soviet empire but time will tell.

And the only place you will find references to this "dream" is in Western mass media, trying to build up a Russophobic image. Wink

It's not so much a question of "restoring and empire" as of "restoring the economy", that got hit pretty badly during the 90's. You have to remember that the economies of the SU states were tightly intertwined. Think Airbus production lines in Europe.

This union is only about trade and industrial cooperation, unlike EU, there there is an explicit and strong alignment of political agendas. If anything, it's EU in its current form that reminds me the most of USSR.

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Economic cooperation is always a good thing. It makes hostility less likely. I suspect this move might be more about Putin's dreams of restoring the Soviet empire but time will tell.

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It would have been much better had Ukraine and Moldova joined it. But the CIA toppled the pro-Russian rulers in both the nations (Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Voronin respectively). But scope for expansion is still on. Armenia and Georgia should be encouraged to join the union. Other potential candidates can include Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.

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While EU and NATO are desperately clawing at elusive Ukraine, elsewhere in the world, the Eurasion Economic Union has officially come into being. Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia sings an agreement in Astan:

English: http://rt.com/business/162200-russia-bealrus-kazakhstan-union/
Russian: http://lenta.ru/news/2014/05/29/evraz/

It is expected that Armenia will join the Union soon.

The agreement comes into power from the 1st of January 2015.

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"The just-signed treaty is of epoch-making, historic importance," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The troika of countries will cooperate in energy, industry, agriculture, and transport.

"In fact, we are shaping the largest common market in the CIS, with huge production, scientific and technological potential and enormous natural resources," the President added.

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Belarus and Kazakhstan are in third place in foreign trade with the Russian Federation, after the EU and China, Putin said.

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"The geographical position permits us to create transport, logistic routes of not only regional, but also global importance that permits attracting massive trade flows in Europe and Asia," Putin said ahead of the signing ceremony in Astana, Kazakhstan on Thursday.

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