Moscow / Osh / Sevastopol / Washington / Astana / Gyumri / New York / Washington / DC / Beijing / Transnistria / Tbilisi / /
Company
Dow Jones & Company Inc. / EU’s Eastern Partnership / New York University Press / MSNBC / anti-Western / Eurasian Union Could Endanger / The New York Times / Associated Press / Westport / World Bank Group / Language Program / Renew Strategic Partnership / RIA Novosti / BBC News / /
Continent
Europe / Asia / /
Country
Turkmenistan / Venezuela / Mongolia / Tajikistan / Cuba / Japan / Afghanistan / Moldova / Korea / China / Iraq / India / Belarus / Germany / Kyrgyzstan / Armenia / Iran / Kazakhstan / Turkey / Russia / Uzbekistan / Azerbaijan / United States / Soviet Union / Georgia / Ukraine / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Employment Change / Diplomatic Relations / Business Partnership / /
Facility
EU-backed Nabucco pipeline / South Stream pipeline / 102st Military Base / Gyumri military base / Manas Air Base / Manas Transit Center / Bishkek’s international airport / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
energy exports / energy / customs services / transport infrastructure / energy sector / legal systems / chemicals / energy supplies / energy prices / oil / energy commission / gas pipeline / energy resources / missile defense systems / security services / /
NaturalFeature
Nord Stream / Caucasus / Urals / South Stream / Volga / /
Organization
Putin administration / New York University / CIS Customs Union / Commonwealth of Independent States / U.S. government / Regional Security Organization / North Atlantic Treaty Organization / EAU Commission / Eurasian Customs Union / Heritage Foundation / European Union / Sarah Allison Center / Customs Union / Eurasian Economic Union / Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation / German Marshall Fund of the United States / Eurasian Economic Commission in Moscow / Kazakhstan Customs Union / Federal Security Service command / Russian Defense Ministry / Eurasian Commission / Congress / Collective Security Treaty Organization / Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan / White House / Eurasian Union / United Nations / EU Commission / Federal Agency for CIS Affairs / Eurasian Union of Russia / Kazakhstan / and Belarus / Russia Sees Union / consider joining the Customs Union / forming a Eurasian Union / /
Person
Roger McDermott / Jim Nichol / Kim R. Holmes / Dmitry Glumskov / Wang Liu / Katharina Hoffman / Serge Sargsyan / Vladimir Shamanov / Bidzina Ivanishvili / Christian Orthodox / Vladimir Putin / Konstantin Kosachev / Dmitry Medvedev / Georgiy Voloshin / S. Interests Ariel Cohen / Pavel Felgenhauer / Victor Khristenko / Richard Weitz / Yuriy Krupnov / Edwin J. Feulner / Olivier Roy / Andrew E. Kramer / Sergei Lavrov / Michael Schwirtz / Katherine Hardin / Yevgeny Primakov / Ariel Cohen / Ilham Alyev / Vladimir Socor / Says U.S. Base / Kataryna Wolczuk / Bruce Pannier / Rika Dragneva / Polina Chernitsa / Viktor Khristenko / Roman Mamonov / Robert Tilford / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential election / /
Position
Vice Premier and Minister of Industry / Prime Minister / President / General / Chief of Staff / global player / Joint Chief / foreign minister / secretary general / director of Russia / writer / commander / general secretary / director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service / Leader / popular commander / /
PublishedMedium
The New York Times / Izvestia / China Daily / /
Region
Central Asia / South Caucasus / Baltic states / Western Europe / former Soviet Union / North Caucasus / East Russia / Central Europe / Northern Caucasus / Eastern Europe / /
BACKGROUNDER No. 2804 | June 14, 2013 Russia’s Eurasian Union Could Endanger the Neighborhood and U.S. Interests