The Allies have supported Russia’s policy toward Turkey and Ukraine – RBC

official photo before a meeting of the session in a wide part of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the Kremlin

Photo Alexei Druzhinin / press-service of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS

«We are happy that we were able to agree on all issues, especially on the economic” – said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan). Total for the year summit was held in the Kremlin.

Monitoring instead of protecting

Questions, which was able to negotiate, Lukashenko is not listed. But on the eve of the summit Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that the presidents will discuss the system of appointments to the Eurasian Economic college, as well as on Russia’s initiative, the protective measures that may be required after between Ukraine and the European Union from January 1, 2016 will earn Free Zone trade.

The presidents of the five decided in the first quarter to study the consequences of this step, Lukashenko said: “We made a decision: during the first quarter a number of issues we will examine and consider what to do, first of all, to support our allied Russia “(quoted by” RIA Novosti »).

For the treatment of goods arriving from the European Union, the Eurasian Economic Union will create a unified information system, the chairman of the Eurasian counterpart Viktor Khristenko. And the response of the country agree in the first half at the unilateral level, he said. On the summit of the presidents did not discuss the response, told reporters the first Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov. According to him, the Russian side has explained how to act, and the other states will decide how to respond.

The respondents RBC experts said earlier that Kazakhstan and Belarus with Russia make up the core of the union, are unlikely the introduction of specific responses, as did Russia: since January 1, Moscow cancels the free trade regime with Ukraine.

The solution that the countries themselves will determine how to respond to the actions of Ukraine and the EU, shows that Customs Union there is still no common policy. Russia on its own initiative imposes sanctions, although such a decision must be taken by consensus, in response, Belarus and Kazakhstan have reserved the right to decide to join its actions or not, says Belarusian economist Yaroslav Romanchuk.

Condemnation of Turkey

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, EAEC summit on the issue of Turkey was not discussed. Turkey, the presidents discussed the afternoon – at the summit of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization), where they were joined by Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon. The summit was supported by Russia and condemned the actions of Turkey, shot down a Russian bomber in Syria.

«The move Turkey does not contribute to the consolidation of international efforts aimed at combating terrorism, resolving the situation in Syria and the restoration of peace in the region”, – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The summit adopted a declaration in which the participants were in favor of block formation of a broad coalition to combat terrorism on the basis of the UN Charter. It is to this in recent months, calls on Russia.

The Presidents also decided to extend the mandate for a year, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha. The Presidents instructed him, as well as the ministers for foreign affairs and defense of the Member States to develop a procedure for the distribution of quota posts in the organization. The fact that the CSTO Secretary General and some officials should be appointed on a rotating basis, the CSTO presidents agreed at the summit in September. The possibility of appointing a new head of the secretariat is already at the summit. As a result, adopted a compromise, said political analyst Ajdar Kurts. According to him, the appointment of a new secretary-general on the principle of rotation is already at the summit could serve Kazakhstan.

The agreements in the Kremlin – the condemnation of Turkey and an agreement on the monitoring of the effects of the free trade regime between Ukraine and the EU – the most that could count Russia, said Alexander Gushchin, an expert of the Russian Council on Foreign Affairs. The summit can be said that Russia was not in the isolation of the CIS, has received support from close allies, but relations with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to get her to be more difficult as there is Turkey’s position strong.

The main thing is that Russia has received the support of the power unit at the CSTO summit; As regards sanctions against Ukraine, it was clear that harmonizing the issue expressly not work due to the difference in the profile of the economies of countries, said political analyst Kirill Koktysh.