Putin calls for 'Eurasian Union' of ex-Soviet republics - Page 2

Gerald · 10-04-11, 12:45 PM

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet republics along the lines of the European Union.Mr Putin, who recently announced he is running for president, said the bloc would become a major global player.He said Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan were already going ahead with economic integration.However, he denied proposing to re-create the Soviet Union, saying a new bloc would have different values. "There is no talk about rebuilding the USSR in one way or another," he said in an article in the daily newspaper Izvestia."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." He said a "Eurasian Union" would "build on the experience of the European Union and other regional coalitions".Mr Putin said the aim was to "create real conditions to change the geopolitical and geoeconomic configuration of the entire continent and have an undoubtedly positive global effect".

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Note: 4 October 2011 Last updated at 14:35 GMT

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Putin calls for 'Eurasian Union' of ex-Soviet republics Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet republics along the lines of the European Union.Mr Putin, who recently announced he is running for president, said the bloc would become a major global player.He said Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan were already going ahead with economic integration.However, he denied proposing to re-create the Soviet Union, saying a new bloc would have different values. "There is no talk about rebuilding the USSR in one way or another," he said in an article in the daily newspaper Izvestia."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." He said a "Eurasian Union" would "build on the experience of the European Union and other regional coalitions".Mr Putin said the aim was to "create real conditions to change the geopolitical and geoeconomic configuration of the entire continent and have an undoubtedly positive global effect". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15172519 Note: 4 October 2011 Last updated at 14:35 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie