ASTANA, May 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Kazakhstan and Belarus on Thursday into a new Eurasian Economic Union built to rival the United States, EU and China - but the absence of Ukraine undermined his dream of restoring Soviet glory days.
Reuters: Ukraine’s empty seat at table darkens party for Putin’s new ex-Soviet bloc
A man holds a red flag with the state emblem of the former Soviet Union during a May Day rally organised by the Communist party in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 1, 2014.
