Creating a full EAU – one that is gradually less tied to the West by trade, financial, economic, payments, communications, and political links – may be a pipe dream. Russia’s lack of reform and adverse demographic trends imply low potential growth and insufficient financial resources to create the fiscal and transfer union that is needed to bring other countries in.
建立一个完全的欧亚联盟——逐渐减少与西方的贸易、金融、经济、支付、通信和政治联系——也许只是空想。俄罗斯缺少改革，人口趋势也不利，这意味着其增长潜力很低，金融资源不足以支撑将其他国家纳入进来的财政和转移支付联盟。