Moscow-Led Eurasian Bloc Holds Landmark Economic Summit in Minsk

Along with Russia, the Eurasian Economic Union includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's envoy for relations with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov and Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing attend the 4th Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk on June 26, 2025. Sergei Bobylyov /POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Minsk hosted a major Eurasian economic summit this week, which was attended by several regional leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Held on June 26 and 27, the event was organized by the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an economic confederation of five Eurasian states.

Launched in 2015, the EAEU is comprised of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. Belarus hosted the summit.