Hoping For Holiness In The Yet-To-Be Eurasian Nation

The quoted paragraphs below are selected from a Boston Globe article online dated March 9, 2014: [1]

When it comes to Putin’s long-term strategy, however, there is at least one concrete plan that offers some insight, and one specific date that Russia observers are looking ahead to. That date, Jan. 1, 2015, is expected to mark the birth of an important new organization linking Russia with an as-yet-undetermined constellation of its neighboring countries—an alliance Putin has dubbed the Eurasian Union.

Currently, only two nations besides Russia, Belarus and Kazakstan, have signed on. A number of other post-Soviet states, including Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, have signaled interest in joining.

One intriguing argument that’s been made by Russia observers in recent weeks is that the Kremlin’s very high-profile campaign against gays [2] and the increasingly intimate relationship it has established with the Russian Orthodox church are part of a broader effort to “brand” Russia as the bedrock of traditional values working to fight back the tide of moral corruption emanating from the West. This, too, could strengthen its role as the center of a new Eurasian power structure. “Part of this idea of contrasting Eurasia from the West is that they live according to different values,” said Mankoff. “So Putin talks about how the West has become decadent...and its embrace of gay marriage as being an example of that.” (Emphasis added.)

Russia has spent of its existence in a kind of tense suspension between Europe and Central Asia. Its landmass lies mostly in Asia, but its proud history of music, art, and literature are more closely associated with Europe. 

To that list should be added religion ("Christianity").

To this end, I would like to see a holy Eurasian nation that is devoted to God that emphasizes charity while rejecting egoism, secularism, relativism and decadence.  If that can be true, then Vladimir Putin is correct: that Russia is not located between the West and the East but that the West and the East are to the left and right of Russia. [3] 

In an ideal world, there would be no corruption and Putin's Eurasian Nation would be a nation of devoted Russian Orthodox Christians and Christianity would spread to its left and right, and the countryside would look something like Altyn Arashan in Eastern Kyrgyzstan [4], [5]:

[1] Here is the link to the entire article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/09/putin-long-game-meet-eurasian-union/1eKLXEC3TJfzqK54elX5fL/story.html
[2] I do not think Vladimir Putin is against anyone who is gay per se but is against the Godless gay political agenda. 
[3] Ibid.  Last paragraph, paraphrased.
[4] http://www.jessekhall.com/tag/kyrgyzstan/
[5] Another even more beautiful (close-up) photo of the same place can be seen on this website: http://prezi.com/y5fuycmourui/copy-of-kyrgyzstan/ (click on the arrow "=>" and wait for processing to complete to see the photo)