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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

The Boston Globe
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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