2/1/16: Россия, Украина и ЕС: полтора года переговоров впустую EEU EU-Ukraine EU-Ukraine trade agreement Russian trade Ukraine-Russia My comment for BBC Russian Service on the stalemate in EU-Russian-Ukrainian talks concerning the EU-Ukraine trade agreement: http://www.bbc.com/russian/business/2015/12/151229_trade_russia_ukrain_eu.In summary: the failure of the talks is mutual.
15/8/15: EEU: Kyrgyzstan the latest addition Armenia Belarus EEU Eurasian Economic Union Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia On August 12, Kyrgyzstan became a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), joining Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia. Kyrgyzstan is the least developed of the EEU economies, relatively proximate only to Armenia in the group.