Cold War (2008-present)

In a campaign speech in February of 2004, Russian President Vladmir Putin called the dismantlement of the Soviet Union a "national tragedy on an enormous scale," from which "only the elites and nationalists of the republics gained." He added, "I think that ordinary citizens of the former Soviet Union and the post-Soviet space gained nothing from this. On the contrary, people have faced a huge number of problems."

On December 26, 2004, pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych was elected as President of the Ukraine. Both Vladmir Putin and Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko conveyed their congradulations to the new Ukrainian president.

During the following year, Vladmir Putin was accused by the West of interfering in Ukrainian affairs and fixing the said country's election results. The gap between the West and the Russian Federation increased further when the Ukraine petitioned to join the Union State, which consisted of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Vladmir Putin happily accepted the Ukraine into the Union State as he said, "Today marks the day that the brothers and sisters of the former Soviet Union will come together again."

In 2006, the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan was also welcomed into the Union State of Belarus, Russia, and the Ukraine. With the four largest members of the Commonwealth of Independant States joined together in the Union State, the smaller C.I.S. members began to feel the weight of pressure slowly weigh down on them. The president of the Republic of Georgia meets secretly with American President George W. Bush and voices his concern that this Union State's growing membership symbolizes a return of the old Soviet Empire and that those former Republics who don't join willingly may be forced to do so via military force. However, with the U.S. Armed Forces currently spread out in fighting the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is not much President Bush can do should armed conflict erupt among the former Soviet Republics.

The Georgian President's concerns slowly become apparent in spring of 2007 when the members of the Union State votes to centralize the organization. Union State Headquarters is moved from Minsk to the Kremlin in Moscow where Russian President Vladmir Putin is made the President of the Union State of Eurasian Republics. The Armed Forces of all four members are merged into one and a common flag and anthem is created.