as a nationalist attempt in response to an economic crisis, in order to regain tighter control over its economy. Legacy of the Eurasian Economic Community The Customs Union members—Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia—reached an agreement on a unified customs tariff in June 2009 and endorsed a schedule for creating a unified customs territory. The new Customs Union is intended to go into effect on July 1, 2010 The Russian, Kazakhstani, and Belarusian leaders have approved documents to establish a “single economic space” on 1 January 2012 – a single market for goods, investment, and labor. On 29 May 2014, a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council took place in Astana, following which Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed an Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union. See also Comecon, Soviet-era economic integration plan. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe statistics Regional organizations in the Post-Soviet states European integration Eurasianism References External links Official website EurAsEC website Eurasian Economic Union Commonwealth of Independent States Post-Soviet alliances Eurasianism Federalism by country Trade blocs Organizations established in 1996 United Nations General Assembly observers Multilateral relations of Russia Belarus–Russia relations Kazakhstan–Russia relations Kyrgyzstan–Russia relations Russia–Tajikistan relations Russia–Uzbekistan relations Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan relations Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations Tajikistan–Uzbekistan relations Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan relations Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan relations 1996 establishments in Europe 1996 establishments in Asia