Articles

Vol. 19 (2015)

Polityczna reintegracja Białorusi i Rosji w latach 90. XX wieku

Pages: 142 - 155

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Abstract

Political reintegration of Belarus and Russia in the 1990s

The main subject of the article is concerned with projects of political reintegration between Belarus and Russia from the beginning to the end of the 1990s. The article begins with a short introduction about the historical and cultural bonds which connect both countries. The next part focuses on three levels of political reintegration conducted by two states — Commonwealth, Union and finally Union State of Belarus and Russia. The description is divided between pre-Lukashenko and Lukashenko era in Belarus and presents the differences between them. The last part contains a short summary establishing whether these processes can be seen as s success and benefit for both members or a failure.