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Interesting article I found in "The Economist"
http://www.economist.com/news/europ...tug-war?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/theeurasiantugofwar
Russia once denounced NATO's expansion but claimed to accept the extension of the EU to its "near-abroad". Now Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, seems to regard the EU as hostile. Russia is making a rival offer: a "Eurasian Union" to counter the European one, starting with a customs union that already includes Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
http://www.economist.com/news/europ...tug-war?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/theeurasiantugofwar
Russia once denounced NATO's expansion but claimed to accept the extension of the EU to its "near-abroad". Now Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, seems to regard the EU as hostile. Russia is making a rival offer: a "Eurasian Union" to counter the European one, starting with a customs union that already includes Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.