Eurasian Union
The Eurasian Union (Russian: Евразийский Союз) is a project of political and economic union whose members are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan[2][3][4] and could include other countries from Europe and Asia, such as, for example, countries that were once part of the USSR.
Eurasian Union Евразийский Союз (Russian) | |
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| Political centres | Moscow Minsk Astana Bishkek Dushanbe |
| Leaders | |
• Eurasian Commissioners |  Viktor Khristenko a |
| Establishment | |
• Original proposalb | 1994 |
• Establishment agreed | 18 November 2011 |
• Eurasian Economic Space (active) | 1 January 2012 |
• Eurasian Union (planned) | 2015[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,007,860 km2 (7,725,080 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2013 estimate | 169,669,400 |
• Density | 8.36/km2 (21.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 to +12 |
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The idea was suggested in October 2011 by the Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin,[4][5] but the idea was first proposed by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in a speech, in 1994, in Moscow.[6] On 18 November 2011, the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement in which they agreed to create the Eurasian Economic Union by 2015.[7] The agreement talked about the membership of candidate states and created the Eurasian Commission (which is based on the European Commission) and the Eurasian Economic Space, which both started work on 1 January 2012.[7][8]
Eurasian Union Media
Meeting of the leaders of all 12 countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on 22 February 2008. The CIS initiated the lengthy process of Eurasian integration.
The 1995 Agreement on the bilateral Customs Union between Russia and Belarus and the 1995 Agreement on the bilateral Customs Union between Kazakhstan and the combined customs territory of Russia and Belarus in the database of international treaties of the Eurasian Economic Union
Russian Federation - Belarus - Kazakhstan Agreement of 1995 on Customs Union in the Regional Trade Agreements Database of the World Trade Organization
Timeline of EAEU Integration from the World Trade Organization report
Session of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council
The signing ceremony of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 29 May 2014)
The Eurasian Economic Union in the Regional Trade Agreements Database of the World Trade Organization
Current decision-making process of the Eurasian Customs Union and the Single Economic Space
Selection of GDP PPP data (top 10 countries and blocs) in no particular order
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References
- ↑ Ukraine cannot get observer status at Eurasian Econ Union due to Association Agreement with EU, Russia Archived 2020-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (14 June 2013)
- ↑ "Putin calls for the Eurasian Union". B92. 4 October 2011. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=10&dd=04&nav_id=76700. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Putin calls for 'Eurasian Union' of ex-Soviet republics. 4 October 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15172519. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bryanski, Gleb (3 October 2011). Russia's Putin says wants to build "Eurasian Union". https://news.yahoo.com/russias-putin-says-wants-build-eurasian-union-222139037.html. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ (in Russian) Новый интеграционный проект для Евразии – будущее, которое рождается сегодня. 3 October 2011. http://www.izvestia.ru/news/502761. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Kazakhstan welcomes Putin's Eurasian Union concept. 6 October 2011. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/kazakhstan/8808500/Kazakhstan-welcomes-Putins-Eurasian-Union-concept.html. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Russia sees union with Belarus and Kazakhstan by 2015. 18 November 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15790452. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ↑ (in Russian) Евразийские комиссары получат статус федеральных министров. 17 November 2011. http://news.tut.by/politics/259307.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.