Armenia To Join Russian-Led Customs Union
Copyright show: Hide copyrights Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian says his country will join the Russia-led Customs Union. Sarkisian made the surprise announcement after talks with his Russian...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Is Bishkek Stalling on Customs Union?
Copyright show: No When it comes to joining the Moscow-led Customs Union, Kyrgyzstan is setting the bar high. Some political analysts say it’s deliberately too high.read more
View ArticleCentral Asia Getting Dragged into Russian-Ukrainian ‘Trade War’
Copyright show: No Central Asian states are becoming entangled in a trade spat involving Russia and Ukraine. Ostensibly, the dispute’s origin can be traced to Russian concerns over the quality of...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Debating the Fruits of the Customs Union
Copyright show: No Kremlin kingpin Vladimir Putin’s pet project to drive former Soviet states back into Moscow’s embrace – via the Customs Union -- is gathering momentum. But the possibility of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Entrepreneurial Class Debates “Value Added” of Customs Union
Copyright show: No Sitting in his office, surrounded by marketing materials, Dastan Omuraliev voices lots of confidence in his new startup: “Kyrgyzstan has some of the best fruits and vegetables in...
View ArticleArmenian U-Turn On EU Not As 'Objective' As Thought
Copyright show: Hide copyrights Armenia's last-minute decision to join a Russian-led customs union at the expense of much closer ties with the European Union has been widely attributed in the West to...
View ArticleArmenia: Russia Puts Squeeze on Migrant Workers
Copyright show: No Armenia’s four competitors at the Sochi Winter Olympics didn’t come close to winning a medal. But a joke making the rounds in Yerevan goes that since the athletes made it into...
View ArticleArmenia: Controversial Communist to Get Statue in Yerevan?
Copyright show: No As Armenia prepares to join the Russia-led Customs Union, a surprise decision to erect a statue in the capital Yerevan in honor of the Soviet-era political leader Anastas Mikoian is...
View ArticleKazakhstan’s Cowboys Bullish on Russian Food Bans
Copyright show: No Beibit Yerubayev stays up at night thinking about vaccinations and artificial insemination. The cowboy with an MBA says Kazakhstan’s beef industry was a mess when he entered it four...
View ArticleArmenia: Karabakh Question Clouds Eurasian Union Accession
Copyright show: No Armenia has finalized its accession to the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union, an intended regional counterweight to the European Union. But while Armenian and Russian officials...
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