The article draws attention to the growing role of the regional factor in the social, political and economic life of modern states. The essence of the phenomenon of regionalization reveals one of its leading trends - formation of integration associations. Complex dynamics of the integration processes on a global scale is considered, as well as cooperation in the format of the CIS countries (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan) - Eurasian Economic Union. It is noted that formation of the Eurasian Union takes place in conditions of unstable economic growth in Belarus and Kazakhstan; Russia is in recession because of Western economic sanctions, the fall in oil prices, the situation in Ukraine. The features of manifestations of political factors and nature of their impact on the integration process are shown. Potential prospects of integration within the Eurasian Economic Union, namely the creation of common pharmaceutical market, common market of electricity, oil and gas are argued. There are difficulties in integration efforts of the «newcomers» - Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. These topical questions are posed to Russia in dependence on the national interests of our country, as well as the national interests of the Eurasian Union of States. New approaches to the optimization of the integration policy of the Eurasian Union are suggested.
regionalization, integration associations, Eurasian Union and Russia, trends in the Eurasian integration
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