Talk:Union of Russia and Belarus

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Actually, there in no single currency between Russia and Belarus, only talk about that. — Monedula 06:02, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I understood differently when writing the article, fixing that now. Nikola 11:27, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

lukoshenko is dragginf his feet over the currency coz he doesnt want to loose his grip on power, or more accuratly moscow take over belarus as a rupiblic in the federation--GregLoutsenko 20:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've gone through the article to improve things a little, in terms of presentation. I've also amended this text: Since 1999 Lukashenko has backtracked and cancelled quite a few projects and provisions of the Union, as it seemed a bit POV.

Also, can someone provide an explanation of the "state secretary of the Union"? It's mentioned after the list of institutions, but not included within the list itself. The final two paragraphs regarding VAT also need merging and trimming down. (Silverhelm 12:25, 16 August 2005 (UTC))

The beginning of the article mentions that the supranational union state is not recognized by any other states. However, why would a supranational union need to be recognized by other states? Do the European Union or the OAS need to be recognized by states other than its members? Also is there a source for this statement? Otherwise it should be removed (plus if Yugoslavia had attempted to join then at least one other state recognized it).--anon 13:49 March 26, 2006

It is very difficult for a union such as this to make viable trade deals with other nations if those nations refuse to recognize union officials. In otherwords, a foreign country would meet with Russian and Belarussian officials separately, creating two distinct policies, which individually may counter the goals of the joint union.