The meeting of the Supreme Council of the Russia-Belarus Union that took place in Minsk on Jan. 20 manifested two remarkable tendencies in relations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. First, the conspicuously friendly meeting created an impression that the two leaders have overcome last year's conflict over the union model that strained relations between the two countries for nearly half a year and gave room to speculation that Putin is plotting the political destruction of his Belarusian counterpart. Second, the introduction of the Russian ruble as the single curre...
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