(February 22, 2017 at 11:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(February 22, 2017 at 9:57 pm)Kosh Wrote: True, but then they went and subjugated themselves by putting Putin in charge. It was probably a "Make Russia Great Again" bullshit line that they lapped up.
The Soviet bloc included all of the associated "republics" which Russia swallowed up and could not hold. East Germany rejoined West Germany. The Baltic states joined NATO. Most of the rest joined the EU. Could Russia overrun Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan if they wanted? Probably in an afternoon. Why would they want to? Muslim populations worked out so well for them in Chechnya.
A number of them have subjugated themselves to Brussels for various reasons; Hungary seeks reunification with Austria, The Slovaks and Czechs fell out with each other and then both joined the EU the Poles moved west en masse then were replaced by the Romanians so went back.
Serbia and Bosnia remain conspicuously outside, Serbia still has a hangover from the Balkan wars, I suspect Bosnia will never be accepted into the EU in much the same manner as Turkey.
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