The good ole days are back...Soviet Union Part deux

[gordyzx9r]

Vladimir Putin wants Soviet-style power bloc to rival EU

Vladimir Putin has said he wants to forge a "Eurasian Union" on the vast swath of territory that used to be the Soviet Union to compete with the European Union and the United States. Speaking six months before he reassumes the Russian presidency for the third time, Mr Putin said he wanted to create a global power bloc that would straddle one fifth of the earth's surface and unite almost 300 million people. "We have a great inheritance from the Soviet Union," he wrote in an article extolling the idea in the daily Izvestia newspaper. "We inherited an infrastructure, specialised production facilities, and a common linguistic, scientific and cultural space. It is in our joint interests to use this resource for our development." The Russian prime minister called the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century" and is known for revelling in Soviet nostalgia. He denied his new plan was an attempt to resurrect the Russian-led superpower, insisting that the Eurasian Union would be freer than the Soviet Union and membership would be voluntary. "We are not talking about recreating the USSR," Mr Putin claimed. "It would be naive to try to restore or copy what was in the past. But time dictates that we should have closer integration based on values, politics and economics." The Soviet Union included 15 different republics which became independent countries after its chaotic collapse in 1991. Three of those countries

[daveismissing]

That was exactly the premonition the baltic states had and compelled them to join the EU and NATO.

[KGB]

This is all good news.

[Charlief1]

Rabid nationalism is about to break out again, just like in the late 20's and 30's. This does not look good at all. For those that know history we're about to repeat it again. This is gonna make the late 30's and early 40's look like a cake walk this time.