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[B]As the ink dries on new economic integration documents signed between the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh leaders on Friday, observers analyze what role the Eurasian Union will play on the global stage.[/B]
The declaration paves the way for the next stage in the integration process – the Common Economic Space (CES), based on the rules and principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [B]The union will be open to new members at any stage of its formation.[/B]
With the signing of the 'Declaration on Eurasian Economic Integration' and the 'Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Committee (EEC),' Russia is prepared to move towards greater integration with Belarus and Kazakhstan before pre-planned 2015, but will not be "forcing the process," President Dmitry Medvedev told a news conference following his meeting with Presidents Aleksandr Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"Should there be preconditions, we shall move faster," he said. "We are not running ahead of a train…but should there be an opportunity, we will expedite the process.”
Meanwhile, Medvedev said he does not fear that the Eurasian Union will face problems similar to those being faced by the European Union, which is presently threatened by potential collapse due to a sovereign debt crisis.
"I do not have any fears whatsoever," he said. "We should work accurately and will mind experience of the European Union."
Medvedev, using colorful language, said that that during the formation of the European Union, Brussels “bought a pig in a poke.” Russia has learnt from those mistakes, and is gradually organizing the union with countries that have strong similarities.
"We know who is joining us in the integration,” he said. “They are three countries that share common history, common past, and today we are forming a common economy.
“We are not starting the integration process from different levels, but rather from similar grounds,” he explained.
The Russian leader then mentioned the integration process for other potential member states of the Eurasian Union.
"We are open, but this does not mean that any country may join us tomorrow," he said. "Each country should have a clear picture of joining, while following certain requirements to prevent any negative effects on the Union, as well as the economy of a candidate-country.”
Speaking on the potential advantages of the Eurasian Union, Kirill Koktysh, associate professor of International Politics at Moscow State University, said the Eurasian Union will serve as a “bridge” between the European Union and Asia.
“The creation of a Eurasian Union will provide a boost to the European Union, which will have an overland bridge to China and other rising Asian markets,” Koktysh told RT.
This will also have the effect of providing cheaper goods from China, he added, which is especially important at this crucial juncture in the history of globalization as the EU faces “profound, existential challenges.”
Meanwhile, Boris Makarenko, chairman of the board of the Center of Political Technologies said that talking about the future challenges of the Eurasian Union is not unlike attempting to predict the chances that a newborn baby will get some sickness associated with old age, like arthritis.
In an interview with RT, Makarenko said that when the European Union was in the first stages of creation no one knew about the possibility of today’s problems. The signing of the document today, therefore, is an important step, but it is only the beginning.
Makarenko then pointed out some of the differences between the EU and the Eurasian Union.
[B]“The structure of the (Eurasian Union) is very different from the EU as Russia is an absolute leader, while in the EU even Germany is strong but not completely overshadowing other members,” he said. “So it will be easier to overcome problems through Russia’s leading role.”[/B]
Speaking on the potential to create some sort of future “super-union between the European Union and the Eurasian Union,” Makarenko said such an idea would “require decades.”
First all member-states of the new union must join the WTO, then they must bring their technical regulations in line with the EU and only then could such a “super-union” be negotiated. But it is possible in principle, he added.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the board of the Center on Political Technologies said he hoped that the negative response given by some observers in the west would soon “die out.”
“I am speaking about the comments that suggest that somehow the Eurasian Union is the resurrection of the Soviet Union,” Makarenko said. “When the West sees that this is not the case they will see the tremendous possibilities of cooperation.”
Indeed, nothing could spoil the upbeat mood in the Kremlin, the site of the signing ceremony.
Medvedev has said that the Eurasian Economic Union, the founding documents of which were signed by Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh leaders on Friday, will shape the subsequent development of these three countries.
"We have come a long way to this very important event,” the Russian leader told a press conference after the signing ceremony. “Our meeting today has the chance to become one of the key events of the current year.
“We have made another very powerful step down the path of forming the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – an organization that will no doubt shape the future of our countries,” Medvedev added.
The Russian leader paid special thanks to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who "was the author of this idea in the very difficult 1990s when even the word 'integration' was perceived as a relic of the Soviet-era lexicon."
Medvedev also expressed his gratitude to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko for proposing the idea to hold an official signing of the Declaration on the Eurasian Economic Integration, the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the EEC regulations.[/quote]
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Interesting article, should be noted that Russia is supreme leader of this union.
Well this is going to make the term EU annoying, but don't worry EU, according to Russia the EU is coming to save the day.
Please Russia, turn eastern europe into a thriving society. It's about time they caught up with the western world. Strengthening economies is nice too.
Well, looks like Putin will become leader of the next Soviet Union.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;33367047]Well this is going to make the term EU annoying, but don't worry EU, according to Russia they are coming to save the day.[/QUOTE]
They fixed that, this is called the EAU
So it's the EU and the ЭУ.
Alright then.
I'm not sure whether or not this is a good thing. It has the promise of stabilizing that region, and it also has the promise of starting a second Cold War.
[QUOTE=DarkendSky;33367127]I'm not sure whether or not this is a good thing. It has the promise of stabilizing that region, and it also has the promise of starting a second Cold War.[/QUOTE]
uh
i really don't see any reason for a second cold war to occur.
[QUOTE=DarkendSky;33367127]I'm not sure whether or not this is a good thing. It has the promise of stabilizing that region, and it also has the promise of starting a second Cold War.[/QUOTE]
The only reason we went into a Cold War with the USSR is because of the fact that after we developed the A-Bomb, their moles acquired that information and made their own weapons years after, with the both of us slowly making even bigger and deadlier radioactive nightmares. Then the space race only exacerbated it by adding in the rocket as a launch platform for nuclear weapons. Then take all that I've said and mix in the hate that Communists and Capitalists have for each other, and that's basically the Cold War in three sentences.
[QUOTE=Lazor;33367181]uh
i really don't see any reason for a second cold war to occur.[/QUOTE]
I think there's cause for some concern, the term 'absolute leader' bothers me. It's probably just a bad translation. Hopefully Russia doesn't have control over EVERY aspect.
Imagine what this will look like 100-500 years from now.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;33367239]I think there's cause for some concern, the term 'absolute leader' bothers me. It's probably just a bad translation. Hopefully Russia doesn't have control over EVERY aspect.
Imagine what this will look like 100-500 years from now.[/QUOTE]
Its not a translation, RT is a Russian news outlet that uses English language essentially.
Probably just an exageration.
Can somebody check the vinyl record we're playing? I think I hear history repeating.
also I have to question if Russia is even stable enough on it's own to take on the burden of "leader of the EAU".
At first glance I thought the guy on the right was Dr.Phil.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;33367239]I think there's cause for some concern, the term 'absolute leader' bothers me. It's probably just a bad translation. Hopefully Russia doesn't have control over EVERY aspect.
Imagine what this will look like 100-500 years from now.[/QUOTE]
They probably have the veto and other powers that, say, the US has with the WTO.
Russia is so politically and demographically powerful that, unlike the EU, Russia alone will calls the shots here. You might as well call Eurasian Union as the politically correct name for Russian Empire.
[QUOTE=Glaber;33367349]Can somebody check the vinyl record we're playing? I think I hear history repeating.[/QUOTE]
I think it'd be more effective to check your ears, Russia is capitalist these days.
[QUOTE=Glaber;33367349]Can somebody check the vinyl record we're playing? I think I hear history repeating.[/QUOTE]
While it could go that way, think of the differences. The EU is strong and Europe isn't in trouble because it didn't just exit a war. It's not a two sided debate anymore. There's pretty equal alliances in Asia, Europe, North America, and soon to be Eurasia. Not the best setting for another 'Cold war'. Just high tensions at most.
[QUOTE=Glaber;33367349]Can somebody check the vinyl record we're playing? I think I hear history repeating.
also I have to question if Russia is even stable enough on it's own to take on the burden of "leader of the EAU".[/QUOTE]
You see. Russia is kind of large. I'm sure that it's stable.
[QUOTE=Nikota;33367419]You see. Russia is kind of large. I'm sure that it's stable.[/QUOTE]
Just because something is big doesn't mean it's stable.
Look at us, for example. We've been teetering about for quite awhile, and we stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;33367448]Just because something is big doesn't mean it's stable.
Look at us, for example. We've been teetering about for quite awhile, and we stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic.[/QUOTE]
Barely.
[QUOTE=Nikota;33367419]You see. Russia is kind of large. I'm sure that it's stable.[/QUOTE]
Hint: It's not. but I think that this EAU thing is very interesting though it does reek of new Soviet a little bit.
[QUOTE=Glaber;33367349]Can somebody check the vinyl record we're playing? I think I hear history repeating.
also I have to question if Russia is even stable enough on it's own to take on the burden of "leader of the EAU".[/QUOTE]
We arent in an arms race, we arent fighting over ideologies, our nations are at peace and are stable. Stop over reacting because russia want to bring itself and old allies into the 21st century.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;33367373]While it could go that way, think of the differences. The EU is strong and Europe isn't in trouble because it didn't just exit a war. It's not a two sided debate anymore. There's pretty equal alliances in Asia, Europe, North America, and soon to be Eurasia. Not the best setting for another 'Cold war'. Just high tensions at most.[/QUOTE]
Best setting for Orwellian rule worldwide, africa and south america most likely being the battlegrounds.
I don't get it, why are you people so obsessed over Putin?
He is a retired KGB agent and is very corrupt.
[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;33368481][video=youtube;rC5KxexbDEM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5KxexbDEM[/video][/QUOTE]
Why the hell is it so hard to find an English, non-reversed version of this?
omg sovjet yunyun
All fucking aside, EU and EU kind of sucks. Can't they call it... something else? The Union of Eurasia? Then you have UE.
Hey, not bad.
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;33368652]omg sovjet yunyun
All fucking aside, EU and EU kind of sucks. Can't they call it... something else? The Union of Eurasia? Then you have UE.
Hey, not bad.[/QUOTE]
Personally, I think they should call it the Union of Super Special Relations!
If that's kind of long, just call it the U.S.S-....wait.
[B][sub][sub]oh[/sub][/sub][/B]
I don't think this union is all that bad if it actually starts of like eu and stays that way. No wannabe super power shit.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;33368632]Why the hell is it so hard to find an English, non-reversed version of this?[/QUOTE]
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