The risk of escalating tensions in Minsk-Moscow relations

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka boycotted the summit of leaders of countries belonging to the two integration structures controlled by Russia, the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), which was held in St. Petersburg on 26 December 2016. This meant that the entry into force of the EaEU's Customs Code was blocked, or at least postponed; for many months Belarus had been expressing serious reservations about the code, while stressing dissatisfaction with the results of its membership in the EaEU.

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ESO: Background information: The Eurasian Economic Union: Power, Politics and Trade http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eurasian-economic-union-power-politics-and-trade/

ESO: Background information: The Eurasian Economic Union: a time of crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eurasian-economic-union-a-time-of-crisis/

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