The Union State of Russia and Belarus: Searching for a Development Vector

... relevance of the Union State could be increased by returning its original ambitions to encompass political, economic, humanitarian and military components A Russia–Belarus European Union The full implementation of the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus signed on December 8, 1999, envisaged the creation of a unique post-Soviet association that would combine the features of an international organization and a state. The idea was for the Union State to resemble the European ...