Eurasian Union dream would mimic ex-Soviet Union

WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has plans to turn a nascent Customs Union comprised of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for free trade into a Eurasian Union that includes all of Eurasia, countries of Central and even East Asia, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Russia already has initiated efforts with countries such as Vietnam in the Far East to undertake more economic and military trade. While development of the Eurasian Union has been slow, it is expected to formally come into existence in 2015. Analysts believe it is Putin’s vision to use the Eurasian Union as a basis to reclaim the nation-states which were once part of the Soviet Union – and then some.