[From the Introduction]. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to analyse whether the dynamics of EU-Belarus relations … leverage over the country. A first section briefly reviews the EU’s policy towards Belarus since the coming to power of … Lukashenko. Next, the paper looks into the oil and gas crisis and examines if Russia has radically changed its policy towards …

A Common Economic Area (CEA) formed by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus since January 1st 2012, following creation of the … Customs Union.We use quarterly data for 1996-2010 for Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on the following economic indicators … the New Keynesian Phillips curve in which economies of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are described using a number of …

The economies of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus have long been undergoing an uneven process of regional integration, but … find evidence of one-way transmission from Russia to Ukraine and Belarus, and from Russian stock prices to the ruble. …

States (NIS), focusing on the new EU member states (NMS) and selected NIS (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Kazakhstan …

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine … instability. Finally, despite high GDP growth, structural distortions still characterize both Russia and Ukraine, whose economies …