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Trade turnover between Russia and Belarus over the past year grew by more than 38% and reached $35 billion. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this today during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. “This means that what we do in the field of integration gives concrete results. Behind this there are specific jobs...
Integration processes within the Union State with Belarus are extremely important for Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this today at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This year we have made a significant step forward in coordinating positions on key areas. 28 development programs of the Union State have been adopted,…
The single currency of Russia and Belarus will appear if its issuing center is independent, “like in the European Union.” Countries are not ready for this yet. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated this in an interview with RIA Novosti, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We need to arrive at a single currency step by step. Everyone wants the Russian ruble as a single currency, although when we were with Yeltsin...
Deepening integration between Russia and Belarus will not necessarily be beneficial to Moscow. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which generally supports the Belarusian Maidan activists seeking the overthrow of President Alexander Lukashenko. “It is very difficult to predict how the political situation in Belarus will develop in the coming years, how long Lukashenko will be able to unite the elite around himself, how the pandemic will affect his position...
The signing by the President of Belarus of a decree approving 28 union programs for integration with Russia was a victory for the Kremlin and a personal success for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that what happened “means the incorporation of Belarus into the Russian Federation while formally maintaining the sovereignty of Minsk.” “In the year of the thirtieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR, the signing of an integration agreement...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko today signed a decree approving 28 union programs for integration with Russia. This happened during a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, which was held online, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The text with the decree, which already had Putin’s signature, was sent to Minsk in advance. “Everyone here criticized us, expected us, especially in Russia, certain telegram channels:...
The implementation of the integration programs of Russia and Belarus, which the presidents of the two countries plan to sign on November 4, may be delayed. Director of the Center for the Study of Integration Prospects (Moscow), Candidate of Historical Sciences Sergei Rekeda stated this in an interview with the Belaya Rus YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I have serious fears that this process will drag on, because this is already such a tradition for the Eurasian...
The Belarusian authorities declare the need to deepen integration processes in the CIS, but Minsk should start with itself. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant writes. The publication draws attention to the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei, who recently stated that the answer to global challenges “can and should be the strengthening of our regional integration” and added that states...
The first meeting of the Unified Economic Council took place in Donbass, at which important decisions were made to create a single economic space between the DPR and LPR. The head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin wrote about this in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During the meeting, a Unified Economic Commission was established, the task of which will be to ensure the working conditions and development of a single...
Today, integration in the post-Soviet space is possible on economic grounds, but not on nostalgia for the past. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk stated this in an interview with Izvestia, answering questions about the problems of integration of post-Soviet countries within the EAEU. He recalled that the association, which includes five former republics of the USSR, was created only 7 years ago. “It is made up...
The agreement by the presidents of Russia and Belarus on 28 integration programs within the Union State is bad news for Ukraine. The Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Firstly, taking into account the length of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border of 1084 km, a new configuration of the theater of military operations is being created: Ukraine actually receives another potential front line with Russia. Now the threat of large-scale...
The Prime Ministers of Russia and Belarus signed a joint statement today in Minsk on current developments and further steps to deepen integration processes within the Union State. It lists all 28 integration programs approved by the presidents of the two countries and lists the goals that are expected to be achieved as a result of their implementation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have a common goal - to achieve growth...
A package of 28 Russian-Belarusian integration union programs is completely ready for adoption. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, citing sources familiar with the progress of the relevant negotiations, Kommersant writes. It is noted that the heads of government of the two countries, Mikhail Mishustin and Roman Golovchenko, plan to sign documents on September 10, when a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State will be held in Minsk, but mandatory…
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko explained why he delayed the signing of integration documents with Russia. He spoke about this today during a visit to a school in Bobruisk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “More than three years ago, back in Sochi, we set the governments the task of taking the next step in our union construction. There were no sanctions then, no protesters and...
