Sino-Russian 'Division of labor': Keeping Central Asia Stable? Daniyar Kosnazarov 16 February 2015 Every Central Asian state is concerned with the Ukraine crisis, as it affects their economies due to influence of Russia, starting from remittances decline to effects of weak rouble to local producers. Anxieties over possible second devaluation of Kazakh tenge occurred during last months of 2014 led to a massive dollar purchases by ordinary citizen and these concerns still are not addressed properly, even if the de-dollarization measure was taken by the government. It was also quite unexpected to see Turkmenistan devaluing its national currency manat during New Year celebrations, even if it is least dependent country from Russia in terms of exports. However, analysts argue that devaluation decision was made due to what is happening with Russia now Despite earlier criticism of the Eurasian Economic Union and 2012 withdrawal from CSTO, Uzbekistan were compelled to ease tensions with Moscow, not only because of possible serious geopolitical implications of ignoring Russia on the eve of 29 March 2015 presidential elections, but simply due to economic problems, as Uzbek textile, car, fruit and vegetable exporters started loosing profit due to restrictive measures taken by Russian government entities. During Putin’s visit to Tashkent on 10 December 2014, presidents of both countries were very much keen to solve many issues, leading both countries to declare that consultations on establishing free trade zone between Uzbekistan and EEU would begin soon. Kyrgyzstan is preparing to get EEU membership, while his currency som lost 17 percent against the dollar in 2014. By joining Eurasian Union Kyrgyzstan attempts to benefit from common labor market as it will help to work in other EEU countries without work permission.