Atambayev: In a meeting with senior Russian politicians this week, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and his Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev made it clear they want their country to be a founder member of the EEU when it officially comes into existence in January next year. Ortobayev told Federation Council chair Valentina Matviyenko that Kyrgyzstan was doing everything it could to facilitate the process. ITAR-TASS