TODAYonline | Nazarbaev Says Low Oil Prices Testing Ex-Soviet Bloc RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says persistently low prices for oil and gas pose a "challenge" to the Eurasian Economic Union, a trade alliance that is part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to bolster Moscow's sway in the former ... Ex-Soviet states battle challenge of low oil prices Kazakh leader says Russia-led bloc tested by oil price |