And Nicko... really? SU irrelevant for the relation between FORMER-SU STATES. Lay off the vodka for a while, buddy. Not serving you well here.
I have never drunk a vodka molly, and never smoked anything, and all my friends do the same.
That is a grave error. We germans often get sick about our own talk of guilt in WWI and II. But we still do talk about it and at least most people acknowledge the insane errors and guilt our ancestors committed (There are of course always some fucktards thinking different, but they are a clear minority). I think it would help Russia a lot to talk more openly and often about their history.
Other than the crime aspect it is politically totally senseless to talk about Russia without talking about SU. It is simply impossible in fact.
What about our history? My family was the richest one in Russian Empire my grand grand pa was merchant of the first guild, we supported imperator's house and russian army with horses. When SU came my family lost all of this, some of us were sent to Syberia. What should I know? That Stalin killed a lot of people, that he was coward? That there were a lot of crimes, well I know a lot of this, and we study it in the schools, and it is politically useless to talk about Russia with talking about SU. It is like talking about your country always reminding what you have done in the past.
The Eastern European countries that joined NATO, did so because RF continued to intimidate them after the collapse of SU - unsigned border treaties, hostile rhetoric, low-intensity informational war, using economic means to influence, etc. Also, once you've been occupied by a neighboring state, it is merely logical to try and safeguard yourself against it happening again.
Also, how are the decisions of it's neighboring countries any business of RF?
Maybe, never heard about this on the TV. No matter joined and joined. I just think why people refuse that Nato increase their influence to the East. It just a fact.