A report on Post-Soviet states, Eurasian Economic Union and Vladimir Putin

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Putin in 2021
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Five-year-old Vladimir Putin with his mother, Maria, in July 1958
Putin in the KGB, c. undefined 1980
Economical integration blocs in Post-Soviet area: EU, EFTA, CEFTA and Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia
Meeting of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek, 2008. The CIS initiated the lengthy process of Eurasian integration.
Putin's Stasi "Ausweis" (identification card). He was assigned as a KGB agent in Dresden, as a mid-level liaison to the "Stasi" (East German intelligence agency) in 1985. He held a job as a translator as a "cover" for his KGB work.
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Putin, Lyudmila Narusova and Ksenia Sobchak at the funeral of Putin's former mentor Anatoly Sobchak, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (1991–1996)
Current decision-making process of the Eurasian Customs Union and the Single Economic Space
Putin as FSB director, 1998
NATO/CSTO
Selection of GDP PPP data (top 10 countries and blocs) in no particular order
Putin with President Boris Yeltsin on 31 December 1999, when Yeltsin announced his resignation
The Moscow International Business Center is a commercial district in Moscow that is currently under construction. The complex includes some of Europe's tallest skyscrapers.
Vladimir Putin as acting president on 31 December 1999
Nizhnehopersky Nature Park
A silver altyn minted in 1711 during the reign of Peter the Great
Putin taking the presidential oath beside Boris Yeltsin, May 2000
People in Donetsk celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on 9 May 2018
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a vital link between the Russian Far East and the rest of Eurasia.
Putin with Tom Brokaw before an interview on 2 June 2000
{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia
The Turkestan–Siberia Railway connects the Central Asian republics to Siberia.
Putin with Junichiro Koizumi, Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schröder, George W. Bush and other state leaders in Moscow during the Victory Day parade, 9 May 2005.
{{flagicon|AZE}} Azerbaijan
A Rye Field by Ivan Shishkin
Putin, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush and Lyudmila Putina at the state funeral of Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, April 2007
{{flagicon|BLR}} Belarus
Past and projected GDP (nominal) per capita in EAEU countries.
Putin with Dmitry Medvedev, March 2008
{{flagicon|EST}} Estonia
Free trade agreements of EEU. Red - EEU. Green - Countries that have FTA with EEU.
Nikolai Patrushev is believed to be one of the closest advisors to Putin
{{flagicon|GEO}} Georgia
On 21 May 2014, Russia and China signed a $400 billion gas deal. Starting 2019, Russia plans to provide natural gas to China for the next 30 years.
Putin at a bilateral meeting with U.S. president Barack Obama during the G8 summit in Ireland, 17 June 2013
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Kazakhstan
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Putin in talks with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president François Hollande, 17 October 2014
{{flagicon|KGZ}} Kyrgyzstan
Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sarkisian hold peace talks in Moscow on 2 November 2008.
Putin meets with U.S. president Barack Obama in New York City to discuss Syria and ISIL, 29 September 2015
{{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia
Mount Elbrus – Russia
Putin and the newly appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meeting with members of Mishustin's Cabinet, 21 January 2020
{{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania
Mountain range – Armenia
Putin (dressed in the yellow hazmat suit) visits coronavirus patients at a Moscow hospital, 24 March 2020
{{flagicon|MDA}} Moldova
Lama River – in the Moscow region of Russia
Putin's first deputy chief of staff Sergey Kiriyenko (left) is in charge of Russia's domestic politics.
{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
Sharyn Canyon – Kazakhstan
Putin holds a video call with U.S. president Joe Biden on 7 December 2021
{{flagicon|TJK}} Tajikistan
On the southern shore of Issyk-Kul lake, Issyk-Kul Region – Kyrgyzstan
Putin visited China and met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on 4 February 2022. China had allegedly requested that Russia delay the invasion until after the completion of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
{{flagicon|TKM}} Turkmenistan
Winter – Belarus
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Putin in Moscow just hours after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine
A view of Mount Aragats from Aragatsotn – Armenia
Protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Nice, France, 27 February 2022
{{flagicon|UZB}} Uzbekistan
A view of Mount Mönkh Saridag – Okinsky District, Russia
Putin hosted a meeting of the Russian-led military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), in Moscow, Russia, 16 May 2022
{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia
Lake Ayger – Armenia
In May 2000, Putin introduced seven federal districts for administrative purposes. In January 2010, the 8th North Caucasus Federal District (shown here in purple) was split from the Southern Federal District. In March 2014, the new 9th Crimean Federal District was formed after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. In July 2016, it was incorporated into the Southern Federal District.
{{flagicon|AZE}} Azerbaijan
Lake Servech – Belarus
Russian GDP since the end of the Soviet Union (beyond 2014 are forecasts)
{{flagicon|BLR}} Belarus
Winter in the Altai Krai – Russia
Putin with religious leaders of Russia, February 2001
{{flagicon|EST}} Estonia
Tian Shan mountain range – Kyrgyzstan
Putin with Russia's long-serving minister of defense, Army General Sergey Shoygu, in the Eastern Military District, 2013
{{flagicon|GEO}} Georgia
Saint Petersburg, the second-largest city and cultural capital of Russia
Russian opposition protest in Moscow, 26 February 2017
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Kazakhstan
Yerevan, the capital and financial hub of Armenia
Putin attends the Orthodox Christmas service in the village Turginovo in Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast, 7 January 2016
{{flagicon|KGZ}} Kyrgyzstan
Business centre in central downtown Nur-Sultan
Putin's visit to the United States, November 2001
{{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia
Almaty, the major commercial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan
Putin with Indian prime minister Modi in New Delhi
{{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania
Bishkek, the capital and financial hub of Kyrgyzstan
Putin with Xi Jinping during a state visit to Moscow, May 2015
{{flagicon|MDA}} Moldova
Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union Observer states Candidate states
Putin and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan, in October 2017
{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, German chancellor Merkel, French president Macron and Putin met in Paris on 9 December 2019 in the "Normandy Format" aimed at ending the War in Donbass.
{{flagicon|TJK}} Tajikistan
Putin with Pope John Paul II and Holy See's Secretary of State Angelo Sodano on 5 June 2000.
{{flagicon|TKM}} Turkmenistan
Putin with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and U.S. president George W. Bush at the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Rome on 28 May 2002.
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine
Putin with U.S. president Donald Trump at the summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland, 16 July 2018
{{flagicon|UZB}} Uzbekistan
Putin held a meeting in Sochi with German chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in May 2018
NATO/CSTO
According to Putin, he and Russia have a particularly good relationship to neighboring country Finland. Picture of Putin handshaking with Sauli Niinistö, the president of Finland, in August 2019.
Community of Democratic Choice Economic Cooperation Organization
Putin and his wife Lyudmila meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2005
{{flagicon|TKM}} Turkmenistan
Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 22 May 2015
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Putin in Moscow, on 16 February 2022, few days before the war in Ukraine. The meeting was urgently scheduled by Putin to discuss and detail important points about the two countries and the world. Brazil and Russia are members of BRICS
Putin with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, September 2018
Putin opens the Wall of Grief, a monument to victims of Stalinist repression, October 2017
Vladimir Putin's public approval 1999–2020 (Levada, 2020)
The Levada Center survey showed that 58% of surveyed Russians supported the 2017 Russian protests against high-level corruption.
Putin driving a Formula One car, 2010 ([[:File:Vladimir Putin driving a Formula 1.ogv|video]])
Putin and Lyudmila Putina at their wedding, 28 July 1983
Putin's close associate Arkady Rotenberg is mentioned in the Panama Papers, pictured 2018
Putin receives Barack Obama at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, 2009
Putin and wife Lyudmila in New York at a service for victims of the 11 September attacks, 16 November 2001
Normandy Format talks in October 2016 where Lavrov is the right-hand man of Putin while to his left is Vladislav Surkov; Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Angela Merkel and Petro Poroshenko are identifiable participants to this round table of twelve
Putin and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro at the virtual 14th BRICS Summit on 23 June 2022. Brazil and Russia are members of BRICS.
Putin with the chairman of the African Union and Senegalese President Macky Sall in Sochi, Russia, 3 June 2022
In March 2022, Putin was removed from all positions in the International Judo Federation (IJF)

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU) is an economic union of some post-Soviet states located in Eurasia.

- Eurasian Economic Union

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the region to be a component of Russia's "sphere of influence", and strategically vital to Russian interests.

- Post-Soviet states

In 2011, the then-Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced his support for Nursultan Nazarbayev's idea for the creation of a Eurasian Economic Union.

- Eurasian Economic Union

The Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (as well as Belarus) are members of the CIS and participate in several regional organizations that have Russia as a primary mover. Such organizations are the Eurasian Economic Community (later merged with Eurasian Economic Union, which Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are not members of), Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The last two groups only became distinct once Uzbekistan withdrew from GUAM and sought membership in EurAsEc and CSTO (which it subsequently withdrew from in 2008 and 2012, respectively).

- Post-Soviet states

Under Putin, the Kremlin has consistently stated that Russia has a sphere of influence and "privileged interests" over other Post-Soviet states, which are referred to as the "near abroad" in Russia.

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Putin endorsed the idea of a Eurasian Union in 2011; the concept was proposed by the president of Kazakhstan in 1994.

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The military situation, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine For a more detailed map, see the Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map

Russo-Ukrainian War

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Ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

The military situation, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine For a more detailed map, see the Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map
The blockade of military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the capture of Crimea by Russia in February–March 2014
Russian troops blocking the Ukrainian military base in Perevalne
The Russian military buildup along Ukraine's eastern border in February–March 2014
The Donbas status referendums in May 2014 were not officially recognised by the Ukrainian government or any UN member state.
June–August 2014 progression map
Residents of Kyiv with Sich Battalion volunteers on 26 August 2014
A map of the line of control and buffer zone established by the Minsk Protocol on 5 September 2014
Pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk in May 2015. Ukraine declared the Russia-backed separatist republics from eastern Ukraine to be terrorist organizations.
Casualties of the War in Donbas
Russian-backed separatists in May 2016
The Kerch Strait incident over the passage between the Black and Azov seas
From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris, France, December 2019
US paratroopers of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment depart Italy's Aviano Air Base for Latvia, 23 February 2022. Thousands of US troops were deployed to Eastern Europe amid Russia's military build-up.
Ukrainian deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg at a conference on 10 January 2022 regarding a potential Russian invasion
A U.S. intelligence assessment map and imagery on Russian military movement nearby the Ukrainian border, as on 3 December 2021. It assessed that Russia had deployed about 70,000 military personnel mostly about 100 - 200 km from the Ukrainian border, with an assessment this could be increased to 175,000 personnel. Published by The Washington Post.
An animated map of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Major Russian natural gas pipelines to Europe
Pro-Kremlin TV and radio host Vladimir Solovyov voiced support for his country's invasion of Ukraine.
Following Russia's annexation of Crimea, Ukraine blocked the North Crimean Canal, which provided 85% of Crimea's drinking and irrigation water.
US officials Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt greet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw on 4 June 2014
A U.S. Army convoy in Vilseck, Germany during Operation Atlantic Resolve, NATO's efforts to reassert its military presence in central and eastern Europe that began in April 2014.
U.S. Paratroopers and Ukrainian National Guard during the Fearless Guardian exercise near Yavoriv, Ukraine, 6 June 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Ukrainian members of parliament, 4 March 2014
Protests in Moscow, 21 September 2014
Pro-Russian supporters in Donetsk, 20 December 2014
Ukrainian refugees in Kraków protest against the war, 6 March 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the enlargement of NATO as a threat to his country and demanded Ukraine be barred from ever joining the military alliance.

The Orange Revolution is often grouped together with other early-21st century protest movements, particularly within the former USSR, known as colour revolutions.

In November 2013, a wave of large, pro-European Union (EU) protests erupted in response to Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union.