[goldstategop]

Opening of borders between Russia and the EU would create a trade zone stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

[indthkr]

"or even more advanced forms of economic integration. The result would be a unified continental market with a capacity worth trillions of euros."

Got to hand it to old Vlad, he doesn't mince words. When he wants to take over a continent, he just does it. /sarc

[mark3681]

And what about this??
Drudge Headline:

CHINA, RUSSIA QUIT DOLLAR

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/24/content_11599087.htm

St. Petersburg, Russia - China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies for bilateral trade, Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday.

[Tax Government]

When our borders have meaning, are enforced and we control them, it will be time to consider reducing the barriers to free trade in the Americas. I think America’s prosperity, relative to Mexico’s, must decline before that occurs.

[Brilliant]

I doubt the Europeans are going to let the Russians engage in free trade with them. More likely the US would. But neither side seems to be interested in engineering that.

[JerseyHighlander]

Pretty funny considering Russia does not have free movement of Russian citizens INSIDE Russia, or INSIDE CIS. Russia and CIS countries also have no control over their borders in the south.

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/19/2229963-russias-migrants-face-attacks-in-economic-slump