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LIGNET: Putin's Ukraine Moves Rattle His Eurasian Union Allies

LIGNET: Putin's Ukraine Moves Rattle His Eurasian Union Allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, arrive at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 24, 2013. (Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images)

Wednesday, 23 April 2014 04:23 PM EDT

Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan supported Russian President Vladimir Putin’s power grab of Crimea and intend to sign the treaty to establish his ambitious Eurasian Economic Union next month, but the Kremlin’s bad behavior is causing some consternation among its allies.

With even Europe’s last dictator, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, breaking ranks with his buddies in the Kremlin over Ukraine, Putin’s Eurasian dream is unlikely to become the united rival to the European Union he desperately wants to create.

Click HERE to read an exclusive analysis by LIGNET's top intelligence experts.


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Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan supported Russian President Vladimir Putin's power grab of Crimea and intend to sign the treaty to establish his ambitious Eurasian Economic Union next month, but the Kremlin's bad behavior is causing some consternation among its allies.
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014 04:23 PM
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