Integration within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union is greater than within the Union State, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the annual final press conference.

According to him, a lot has been done within the Eurasian Economic Union, RIA Novosti reported. In some ways, even in the economic sphere, integration within the EurAsEC is more than within the Union State.

That is why Russia made a decision with Belarusian president to return to this and see what can be done additionally to speed up the process of forming the Union State, Putin added.