NEWSWATCH: “Belarus reportedly mulls leaving Eurasian Economic Union as relations with Russia worsen” – bne Intellinews

February 2, 2017 JRL Russia List Belarus, CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, JRL NewsBlog

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“#Belarus wants to leave the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Collective Security Treaty Organisation and possibly the union state of #Russia and Belarus, the Russian online news service Regnum controversially reported on February 2, citing an anonymous source in Moscow. The information has not been confirmed by either Minsk or Moscow, but over the last few months tensions have risen steadily over energy and border control disputes, and the rejection of Russia’s request to build a military airbase in the neighbouring former Soviet republic. …”