Eurasian Union — the union of «sworn friends» or secret enemies?

Автор: Редакция от 10-07-2015, 09:25

Eurasian Union — the union of «sworn friends» or secret enemies?Kremlin to date shows through their own information resources, in spite of the embargo, a successful propaganda picture of Russia and strengthen its military power, and through the establishment in the territory of the CIS the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC) and the Customs Union (CU), is trying to convince the masses in the «revival» of the former Soviet Union.

Parallel to this, there is an active formation of a new international imperialist bloc BRICS countries, in which play a crucial positions of China and Russia, as a counterweight to the US, EU and NATO. International Bank of BRICS already positioned as an alternative to the IMF and analogue, and Moscow has suggested that the Government of Greece to actively cooperate with the new financial institution.

Military parade on May 9 in Moscow, too, was a clear indicator of the balance of forces, rearmament of the Russian army and a serious military and political leadership of rapprochement between Russia and China, as well as the fact that the Kremlin still remains umpire in the CIS countries. In the month of May were also joint exercises Navy ships of Russia and China in the Black and Mediterranean seas.

The upcoming summit of the BRICS countries in Ufa to offer new forms of economic, financial, military and political cooperation, up to develop its proposals to reform the UN and other international legal acts, which should fix the current world balance of forces. In any case, it has already been discussed in the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the BRICS countries in St. Petersburg.

Against the background of these diplomatic efforts and accelerate the creation of an international imperialist bloc, hides many pitfalls associated with the contradictions of bourgeois factions in existing entities in the face of the EAEC and the vehicle that shows the instability of the whole structure. It manifests itself and the relative weakness of the Russian bourgeoisie, which has imperialist ambitions, trying to impose their rules of the game «elites» of the former Soviet republics, but can not yet achieve the required consolidation.

For what purpose were created TU and EAEC?

Communists should not have illusions about these formations. The Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union are typical forms of commercial and industrial capitalists unit, aiming at the unification of commercial, social and labor legislation and generally oriented against the interests of working people. The entry, for example, Kazakhstan into the CU led to a decline in living standards, to increase tariffs, expensive, to reduce production to even greater dependence of the domestic economy.

The Government of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan follow in the wake of the general rigid neoliberal market reforms, followed by privatization, the destruction of the social system to ensure constant reduction of budget expenditures, commercialization of education and medicine. From this union benefit only the big players extractive industries, state-monopoly giants such as «Gazprom» and «KazMunayGas», the newcomer, incidentally, shares in the first company. Both Russia and Kazakhstan are preparing to join the WTO, their governments act in the framework of the recommendations of the IMF and the World Bank.

So stupid to consider this process as the «rebirth of the USSR», as it tries to present Kurginyan propaganda, especially on a capitalist basis. This alliance also can not be an equal and does not mean the rest of the modernization of industry or the creation of new high-tech industries. Same Kazakhstan has entered the international division of labor, as a raw materials appendage, and in this case falls into the orbit of economic and political interests of Russia, China, US, EU.

The military agreement within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) concluded on the initiative of Nazarbayev, also aimed at the suppression of uprisings and revolutions in the CIS countries. Therefore, with confidence the block can be considered as the union of dictators or «gendarme International» formed in reaction to the enslavement of the peoples and workers of our countries. In this situation, the interests of the working class in Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are beyond the interests of the Customs, Eurasian, European and other imperialist centers and unions.

Strengthening of contradictions in the new Union

Despite the declarations of the triumph of the integration process, and the brotherhood of «eternal friendship», these formations are not complete the forms inside them periodically erupt trade war and Moscow’s response embargo on the import of food products from the EU is constantly undermined by Astana and Minsk.

It is clear that the Russian bourgeoisie is now trying to put pressure on their unreliable allies, which have their own and different from Moscow’s interests in the sale of its resources, is not going to break off relations with the EU and the US is not actually supported Putin during a conflict with Ukraine, and they are striving to slow down the process of politicization of the EAEC. Kazakhstan bourgeoisie headed by Nazarbayev is trying every possible way to escape from the growing influence of its northern neighbor.

In December 2013 at the meeting of the CU in Moscow, referring to the events in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s initial Nazarbayev torpedoed the draft treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union, which provided for the creation of a supranational Parliament, a single currency, supranational regulatory bodies such as the government, the unification of the legislation. Actually broke confederation model, narrowing the contract to purely economic issues, or declarative intentions.

Nazarbayev liked to play the card of a certain «integrator» in the former Soviet Union, and even intercepted many of the ideas of the extreme right ideologue Alexander Dugin in 90 years about the need to formation of a certain «Eurasian Union» on the basis of the CIS countries. Valid for Nazarbayev such alliances were necessary in the first place as an insurance policy for combating a possible revolution.

Such a «gendarme international» quite satisfied Astana and Minsk, and these tricks for the time succeeded, but when it went on the limitation of absolute power, control of financial flows, the creation of real structures of the new imperialist bloc, it suddenly turned out that Kazakhstan and Belarusian bourgeoisie does not wish or intend to carry out a new project.

For example contradictions began to arise between Russia and Kazakhstan is still in the Customs Union in the field of transportation of energy resources, in the banking sector, in matters of lease the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the issues of oil fields in Western and Chinese companies.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Kazakhstan has strong position of European and American companies in the mining sector, which is certainly affect the country’s leadership. In addition, Astana intends to sign as early as June of this year, an agreement on economic cooperation with the EU, which gives additional benefits to Western capital in the exploitation of natural resources and the working class, and is clearly at odds with the existing Customs Union and the EAEC.

Illusory old boundaries and growing instability

Many have not yet understood, but the events in Ukraine and Crimea phenomenon completely changed the balance of power and broke the old status quo, the established after the collapse of the Soviet Union between the new states. In view of the conflict of interests between Russia and NATO, naked and intensified the old and new conflicts between the ruling capitalist groups of the CIS countries. In this situation, the former border can quickly lose its value.

Previously stable dictatorships, especially in Central Asia may be entering a period of instability, social unrest, palace coups and outright interference in their internal kitchen with third countries. Since the events in the Crimea is extremely scared the whole environment Nazarbayev where panic alternated with this hysteria. Some of these sentiments to relay last spring in social networks court nationalists calling for ethnic cleansing and the elimination of the «fifth column» in the face of the Russian-speaking population. These cries have not ceased and now.

Military conflict in July 2014 between Azerbaijan and Armenia has once again demonstrated the ability to quickly proliferation of armed clashes. Incidentally, Astana despite its peacekeeping rhetoric, while remaining faithful to agreements with Turkey, supported in this conflict is the Azerbaijani side.

Nazarbayev also spoke sharply in December against the adoption of the Customs Union of Armenia, which he said are territorial disputes with neighboring countries. In fact, the basis of statements Elbasy is pan-Turkic rate associated with certain obligations to Turkey. Putin, in turn, tends to reduce the influence on decision-making in his «sworn friends» Nazarbayev and Lukashenko, just to include in the Customs and Eurasian Unions Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.

But in any case, in a situation of intensification of the struggle between the different bourgeois factions from different countries, weakening and destabilization of bourgeois bonapartist regime, the working class is necessary to maintain its political independence and in the right moment to go on stage as a real alternative power.

This implies the need to continue the construction of new structures of the labor movement capable of conducting a principled class policy that is independent of imperialist propaganda, nationalistic fervor and the influence of the oligarchs.

Ainur Kurmanov,

Co-Chairman of the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan

Автор: Редакция от 10-07-2015, 09:25

Рубрика: Новости / Идейная борьба

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