- "Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a 'Eurasian Union' in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country's next president." http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/03/us-russia-putin-eurasian-idustre7926zd20111003 9 comments worldnews