Pepe Escobar — Greater Eurasia coming together in the Russian Far East

The Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok has become a crucial part of strategic integration between China, Russia and other countries in northeast Asia, a graduation assimilation set to transform the current world system…

Contrary to misinformed or manipulated Western hysteria, the current Vostok war games in the Russian Far East’s Trans-Baikal, including 3,000 Chinese troops, are just a section of the much deeper, complex Russia-China strategic partnership. This is all about a matryoshka: the war game is a doll inside the geoeconomic game.

In ‘China and Russia: The New Rapprochement’, Alexander Lukin, from the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, lays down the roadmap in detail; the evolving, Eurasia-wide economic partnership is part of a much larger, comprehensive concept of “Greater Eurasia”. This is the core of the Russia-China entente, leading to what political scientist Sergey Karaganov has dubbed, “a common space for economic, logistic and information cooperation, peace and security from Shanghai to Lisbon and from New Delhi to Murmansk.”

Without understanding the Big Picture enveloping debates such as the annual gathering in Vladivostok, it’s impossible to understand how the progressive integration of BRI, EAEU, SCO, ASEAN, BRICS and BRICS Plus is bound to irreversibly change the current world-system.

Asia Times

Greater Eurasia coming together in the Russian Far East

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Does Putin really intend to restore the Soviet Union? — Interview with Richard Sakwa

RD Interview: Professor Richard Sakwa from the University of Kent talks about Russia’s foreign policy and explains why Russia is creating alternative regional institutions such as the Eurasian Economic Union.

Short and important.

Russia Direct
Does Putin really intend to restore the Soviet Union? Interview with Richard Sakwa
Alexey Khlebnikov, Nikolay Shevchenko

Yevgeny Shestakov — China and Russia plan greater Eurasian integration - Expert

There was a lot of talk about a new type of partnership with Beijing at a recent conference devoted to Russia-China relations, which was organized by the Russian International Affairs Council in Moscow. Rossiyskaya Gazeta discussed the prospects of Sino-Russian cooperation with political scientist Sergei Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economics and Politics of the Higher School of Economics.

Russia Beyond the Headlines
China and Russia plan greater Eurasian integration - Expert

Yevgeny Shestakov, Rossiyskaya Gazeta

TASS — Russia, China to discuss creating common economic space — statement

Russia and China will discuss creating a common economic space as part of the process of integrating the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Silk Road economic corridor projects, according to a statement made by the Russian and Chinese leaders on Friday.

The statement was issued after talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Moscow.

The Silk Road economic belt project envisages creating a transport, energy and trade corridor between Central, South Asia and Europe, for which China plans to allocate $40 billion through a special fund.

The project’s idea was put forward by China’s leader Xi in September 2013.
A common economic space is the next stage of economic integration after a free trade area and a customs union. The statement also says the sides will consider creating a free trade zone as a long-term goal....

TASS
Russia, China to discuss creating common economic space — statement

alexrpt — Do Americans still honestly believe the “Russia is isolated” Obama lie? Egypt the latest country to join Eurasian new world order

Earlier today we reported on India, Pakistan an Iran ready to begin their ascent into the China-Russia lead SCO. Moments ago, Egypt jumped on the Eurasian train, inking more than $4.5 billion of trade deals with Russia and a huge free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Best of all, no austerity is required in order to join this union…the EU may want to take notes.

Red Pill Times
Do Americans still honestly believe the “Russia is isolated” Obama lie? Egypt the latest country to join Eurasian new world order

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Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten — Putin to EU: Dump the TTIP and embrace the Eurasian Union

Russia has presented a surprising proposal for overcoming tensions with the EU, namely that the EU should renounce the TTIP free trade agreement with the United States and instead enter into a partnership with the newly created Eurasian Economic Union. A free trade zone with your neighbors would make more sense than a deal with the U.S.

Vladimir Chizhov, Russian Ambassador to the EU, surprised with a new proposal: renewal of the partnership between the EU and Russia. Chizhov suggests that the EU stop negotiating with the U.S. on the controversial TTIP free trade agreement, and opt instead to begin negotiations toward entering the Eurasian Economic Union, which came into force January 1.

Chizhov said to the EU Observer: “You really think it is wise to put so much political energy into a free trade agreement with the United States when one has a much more natural trade partner next door right in the neighborhood?

Fort Russ
Putin to EU: Dump the TTIP and embrace the Eurasian Union
Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten
Translated from German by Tom Winter