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Putin’s long game? Meet the Eurasian Union

It starts in 2015 and sounds like a scheme to rebuild the USSR, but its history is quite different — and troubling for the West

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Russia stretches its wings
Since the Berlin Wall fell, Russia’s old partners have been lining up with the European Union. The new Eurasian Union is meant as a counterweight.
An answer to EU growth
Evolution of geopolitical forces by population
SOURCE: European Union, NATO, US Department of State, United Nations
Chiqui Esteban/Globe Staff
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