Russia and Belarus: The “Post-Soviet” Interaction Model Is Exhausting Itself

... inertial functioning of trade and economic ties will result in the natural erosion of the interaction platform that has emerged in the post-Soviet period. As a result, cooperation between Russia and Belarus may transition from the privileged format of the Union State to a format that is common for all the EAEU allies. This will exacerbate the problem of the shortage of investment for modernizing Belarusian enterprises, make the threat of the de-industrialization of Belarus very real, and mean lost opportunities for Russia in utilizing the industrial potential ...