Putin Proposes Setting Up A 'Eurasian Union'

OSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed forming a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet nations, saying the bloc could become a major global player competing for influence with the United States, the European Union and Asia.

Putin, who has lamented the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century," denied that his proposal represents an attempt to rebuild the Soviet empire.

But he said in an article published Tuesday in the daily Izvestia that the new alliance should emerge as "one of the poles of the modern world, serving as an efficient link between Europe and the dynamic Asia-Pacific region."

"There is no talk about rebuilding the USSR in one way or another," Putin said. "It would be naive to try to restore or copy something that belongs to the past, but a close integration based on new values and economic and political foundation is a demand of the present time."

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what do you think of this proposal?

I think Putin wants the US and EU to fail and then take over the world and make everyone drive russian cars.

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

I don't think such a thing can work. Just look at the EU. Every country, at the end of the day, only looks out for number one.

I imagine that would be a benefit to Russia....not so much any of the other countries.LJS9502_basic

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

superfluidity

I think Putin wants the US and EU to fail and then take over the world and make everyone drive russian cars.

sonicare

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

superfluidity

Mind you, pop over to Dubai and you'll see the Eastern European nations do a roaring trade exporting prostitutes.

So he's renaming the Russian Federation again.

So he's renaming the Russian Federation again.

m0zart

[QUOTE="superfluidity"]

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

HoolaHoopMan

I fixed that for you. :P

So he's renaming the Russian Federation again.

m0zart

Whatever happened to the "Union of Russia and Belarus"?

[QUOTE="m0zart"]

So he's renaming the Russian Federation again.

jetpower3

Whatever happened to the "Union of Russia and Belarus"?

Whatever happen to Kievan Rus'?

[QUOTE="superfluidity"]

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

HoolaHoopMan

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="superfluidity"]

A union of small, poor nations and one security/mafia state that only exports raw materials. How competitive.

wis3boi

I think Putin wants the US and EU to fail and then take over the world and make everyone drive russian cars.

sonicare

or god-forbid, forcing us to use Kapersky:o.

..on second thought, I welcome our new Soviet overlords.