March 16, 2018
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak says Iran may be able to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as early as May. The EEU is a grouping of several former Soviet Republics—Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia—that Iran has long wanted to join. It isn’t clear that membership would make any difference for Iran since only Russia is a major trading partner.
