Russian President Vladimir Putin's dream of uniting the self-declared separatist republics in eastern Ukraine under the banner of Novorossiya, or New Russia, was put on hold indefinitely last week as Moscow moved to abide by the terms of February's cease-fire deal.
Business Insider: Putin’s dream of reuniting the Russian empire is falling apart
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations and the Council for the Russian Language at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 19, 2015.
