At a time of intense U.S.-Russian tensions over the situation in Ukraine, the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan has opted to move closer to Moscow in the field of economic cooperation. On May 29, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia formally signed and established the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), creating a new economic bloc with considerable potential that straddles the Eurasian continent.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, May 29, 2014.
