MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Putin stressed that strengthening ties with the Commonwealth of Independent States members and Eurasian Economic Union countries remained Russia's key priorities in foreign affairs.
"Russia's idea of forming a multilevel integration model in Eurasia, a large-scale Eurasian partnership, is very interesting. We have begun discussing it on international and regional levels. I am sure, this discussion is possible with the EU countries in which the demand is now growing for the independent political and economical directions. We see this in the results of the elections," the president said in his annual address to the Russian parliament.
