01/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - Kyrgyzstan becomes fifth member of Eurasian Economic Union. On 6 August, Kyrgyzstan became a member of the Eurasian Economic Union - of which Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are already members. Kyrgyzstan signed its treaty of accession to this customs union in December 2014, but it had to await ratification by the other member countries. Coming into force on 1 January, the Eurasian Economic Union is expected to support closer integration between its...