Russia - the CIS, one big happy family

The recent meeting of the 12 heads of state that make up the Commonwealth of Independent States, in St Petersburg, hasn't had much coverage. That's probably because few people know it still exists.

The former president of Moldova, Petr Luchinsky, echos a point, more from Kommersant..., that EU boosters often put forward - that the neighbours will envy the success of the EU's regional structure and try and imitate it. The article doesn't mention what Vladimir Putin thought of this suggestion