ALMATY — With his biggest prize escaping his grasp in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is likely to turn to the autocrats of Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev, to further his aim of erecting a Eurasian Union of former Soviet states.
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BELARUS, Minsk : (From R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev walk in Lukashenko's residence, the Independence Palace, in the Belarus capital Minsk, on October 24, 2013. Putin arrived today in Minsk for economic and integration talks with heads of Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian media reported. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV
