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This chapter presents the origins, aims, and scope of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. This part places major emphasis on the reasons why Russia and Belarus, despite the joint creation and functioning in the framework of the CIS, opted for separate bilateral integration. Moreover, the steps presenting the stages of the creation of the USRB and the scope of this integration are also laid out here.
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Czerewacz-Filipowicz, K., Konopelko, A. (2017). The Union State of Russia and Belarus. In: Regional Integration Processes in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47563-9_4
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