“Historically, we see that: the nations that develop nationalist governments in Central/East Europe.
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Well, I do know a little bit about that. I lived in central Europe from 2000 until 2009. Most of it was in Slovakia, but a summer in Romania, and time in Hungary.
Keep in mind those central European countries, while under Communist domination, were not Russian SSR countries. It was quite easy for them to resume a life of freedom from Russia and Communism, once the wall came down. It is a bit different for the old Russian SSR nations.
But not all former SSR’s countries are mired in neo-sovietism. Georgia and Armenia aren’t; I don’t know much about Azerbaijan. Moldova and Ukraine also seem determined to broke off the RF’s sphere of influence. In each case, it seems, nationalism helped to form an identity free from marxist mentality.