Nothing will come out of nothing
The “honest and frank” conversation that took place last weekend between the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Armenia ended in the same way as their previous meeting - without making decisions binding on everyone. Belarus, demonstrating its complete independence, never agreed to assume the chairmanship of the union. There was no talk at all about Minsk and Tashkent joining the agreement on the creation of the Collective Reaction Forces.