For nearly three decades, Russia and Belarus have promised a deep political union, but never actually delivered one. From failed plans to establish a common currency to the present inability to fully ban access to roaming, the Union State remains largely symbolic. So why has integration repeatedly stalled despite constant political declarations? This episode breaks down the structural contradictions at the heart of the project, and why neither Moscow nor Minsk truly want full unification. And as cooperation shifts toward repression, the question becomes not whether the Union State will succeed, but what it is primed to become.
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