The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union" id="mwA3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eurasian Economic Union">Eurasian Economic Union</a> comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<sup about="#mwt555" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-109"}}' id="cite_ref-109" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-109" id="mwA3E" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 109;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwA3I">[109]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-109"><cite about="#mwt552" class="citation web cs1" id="mwEOc"><a class="external text" href="http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx" id="mwEOg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union is effective"</a>. <i id="mwEOk">Eurasian Economic Commission</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055314/http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx" id="mwEOo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 7 October 2023<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwEOs">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwEOw">2 November</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt552" class="Z3988" id="mwEO0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Eurasian+Economic+Commission&amp;rft.atitle=The+Treaty+on+the+Eurasian+Economic+Union+is+effective&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurasiancommission.org%2Fen%2Fnae%2Fnews%2FPages%2F01-01-2015-1.aspx&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+1"></span></span>