There are serious contradictions in the EAEU and the CSTO. How Russia “settles” them
Russia managed to overcome conflicts within post-Soviet associations last year.
Vladimir Evseev, head of the Department of Eurasian Integration and Development of the SCO Institute of CIS Countries, stated this at the Solovyov Readings in Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“All last year we fought to push for the adoption of the strategic directions for the development of the EAEU. Almost the entire organization opposed the Russian Federation. Belarus and Armenia advocated changing transit conditions. Kazakhstan was dissatisfied with Belarus' position on the oil market. But, nevertheless, we were able to push through the adoption of strategic directions until 2025.
Russia was forced to make concessions. As a result, instead of a single market, we get a common market. This is worse, but better than no development directions. We have postponed the creation of a single market by 5 years. But, nevertheless, this is a success,” said Evseev.
Serious contradictions, according to him, arose last fall within the CSTO regarding the Karabakh conflict, when Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were on the side of Azerbaijan, and Belarus openly supplied this country with missiles. Armenia tried to drag Russia into the conflict, but it was resolved with the help of peacekeepers.
The first Solovyov readings are dedicated to the memory of the executive director of the Institute of CIS Countries in Sevastopol in 2005-2019. Rear Admiral Vladimir Evgenievich Solovyov.
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