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This article discusses how there is a new law in Belarus that restricts the citizens of public use of foreign websites. "That would make it illegal for firms like Amazon or eBay to sell goods to customers in Belarus." This shows how the citizens in Belarus don't get the same opportunities to purchase things online as everyone else does around the world. The government is restricting public access of purchasing goods for the citizens of Belarus. Breaking the law has consequences "Fines for breaking the law range as high as 1m Belarus rubles ($120)."

As measured by gross domestic product, the Customs Union in its three-member format of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan still appears tiny beside the European Union. The output of the Customs Union states was $US2.3 trillion last year, compared with $US16.6 trillion for the EU, according to the International Monetary Fund. Ukraine's economic output of $US176 billion last year would only modestly bolster the Russian bloc.