Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus Sign Customs Union Agreement (in Russian)

The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus signed a treaty in Astana on May 29 on the creation of a Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. The accord -- signed by Russia's Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbaev, and Belarus's Alyaksandr Lukashenka -- formally creates a territory for unified customs tariffs beginning on January 1, 2015. (Reuters video)