YEREVAN. – The countries planning to join Eurasian Economic Union have advantage as compared with those that signed Association Agreement with EU, Russian political analyst believes.

Nikolai Silayev, senior researcher at the Center for Research on the Caucasus, said the countries joining Eurasian Economic Union have more beneficial negotiating positions.

“This means you can demand more and claim for more in case cooperation is deepening,” he said.

Russia, a country that initiated the integration union, shoulders great responsibility, Silayev added.