Which ex-Soviet republics would join a 21st century, non-communist USSR?

[Californiadreaming]

Interestingly enough, I just did some research on this and your views might have actually been pretty close to reality several years ago, GMantis:



However, since the events in Ukraine, public attitudes to this might have changed--indeed, perhaps significantly changed--in some/many ex-USSR countries.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Crimea, duh

[Hnv1]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

[Californiadreaming]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

[Hnv1]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

[Californiadreaming]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

No. Rather, as far as I know, Lukashenko at least mostly lost interest in this project after it became clear to him (probably sometime in the early 2000s) that he is not going to become Russia's President in the future. Indeed, based on what I have read, Lukashenko's initial interest in this project in the late 1990s was due to his own desire to eventually run for the Russian Presidency.

[Hnv1]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

No. Rather, as far as I know, Lukashenko at least mostly lost interest in this project after it became clear to him (probably sometime in the early 2000s) that he is not going to become Russia's President in the future. Indeed, based on what I have read, Lukashenko's initial interest in this project in the late 1990s was due to his own desire to eventually run for the Russian Presidency.

Well that might be so, but as  far as I know Belorussians view themselves as Russian ultimately 

[ag]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

No, they are waiting for the paper to rot and then go backward.

[ag]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

No. Rather, as far as I know, Lukashenko at least mostly lost interest in this project after it became clear to him (probably sometime in the early 2000s) that he is not going to become Russia's President in the future. Indeed, based on what I have read, Lukashenko's initial interest in this project in the late 1990s was due to his own desire to eventually run for the Russian Presidency.

Well that might be so, but as  far as I know Belorussians view themselves as Russian ultimately 

That may have been the case 25 years ago.

[Californiadreaming]

Isn't Belarus opting for a union with Russia since its creation?

Yes, but it appears to be a union at least largely on paper.

are they waiting for Alexander Lukashenko to die and then go forward?

No. Rather, as far as I know, Lukashenko at least mostly lost interest in this project after it became clear to him (probably sometime in the early 2000s) that he is not going to become Russia's President in the future. Indeed, based on what I have read, Lukashenko's initial interest in this project in the late 1990s was due to his own desire to eventually run for the Russian Presidency.

Well that might be so, but as  far as I know Belorussians view themselves as Russian ultimately  

I think that less than half of all Belarusians actually believe in the concept of a "triune Russian people," though.