Xinhua: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to form Eurasian economic bloc in 2015

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L to R) pose for photos in Astana, Kazakhstan, May 29, 2014. The heads of state from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia signed a treaty here Thursday to launch a European Union-style bloc to facilitate the free flow of people, capital and goods within the three countries