integration with the European Union

two-decade dispute with pro-Russian separatists in its eastern Transdniestria region is also unresolved. Hundreds were killed when government forces clashed with the separatists in a brief but fierce war in 1992.Late Russian Lieutenant General Alexander Lebed, whose paratroopers intervened to separate the warring sides in Moldova, is remembered in beats by dre the CIS for saying: „A person who does not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union has no heart. But the person who thinks it can be put together again has no brains.““CLUB OF INTERESTS“The CIS exists today as a loosely aligned „club of interests“ within which members are free to choose their own paths. Its very inertia is what keeps it alive, Malashenko said.Putin has said some ex-Soviet states made the wrong choice in turning away from Moscow to seek integration with the European Union, because in future the beats by dre white Eurasian Union would be the EU’s partner in talks to create a common economic space.“It is hard to see how the CIS is going to compete with the well-developed European bloc driven by the shared vision of its members,“ said Gevorgyan of IHS Global Insight.“To win this competition, the CIS has to have a much more appealing ideology than that of the good memories and friendship of nations beats by dre pro under the Soviet Union.“The ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia also have another ace up their sleeve: China lies directly across a common 2,800-km (1,740-mile) border.Tatyana Zhdanova, vice-president of Kazakhstan’s chamber of commerce and industry, says trade turnover between Kazakhstan and China has multiplied 200 times since