In light of Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine, there has been much speculation surrounding the May 2014 establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The EEU, which consists of five member nations, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, with Kyrgyzstan joining in May 2015, came into force in January 2015. Is this a political Russia-led project with the eventual goal of reconstituting the Soviet Union? Tatiana Valovaya argues that it is not. She sees it as a potentially important project based on cooperation among like-minded governments. This is a rare opportunity to learn about Russia’s strategy for integration into the global economy from a key player on this issue.
Speaker Tatiana Valovaya is Member of the Board (Minister) for the Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission and Professor of International Economic Relations at the Financial University (Moscow). In 1999, she served as Deputy Head, and in 2001 as Head of the Department of International Cooperation in the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation. Previous positions include Head of the Monetary and Financial Policy Department in the Ministry for Cooperation with Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Consultant to the Presidential Administration, where she covered issues of cooperation with member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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