Nezavisimaya gazeta on 23 May published a proposal by the Council on foreign and Defense Policy to 'reintegrate' most former Soviet states over the long term by bolstering Russia's natural economic dominance in the region. While some Western commentators called the document, excerpted here, a 'call to arms,' another interpretation suggests that it represents serious thinking about creating an 'enlightened' Russian sphere of influence.

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