Question by h61j: Relations among the countries that used to be parts of USSR?
Could someone explain to me what are the relations among these countries now, e.g. among Russia, Ukraine, Belarusse, etc. etc. Before, they were all parts of USSR. Now they are independent countries. However their relations are not completely like those with other countries, say Poland or France… Thanks
More specifically, are their governments *official* relationships just like any two foreign countries, i.e. completely independent, even though they share common history in the past? For example Russia can have no say about any aspect of, say, Belerusse’s own affairs? In other words Russia and the others have a completely parallel relationship?
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Answer by James B
Depends on the country, who’s in charge, etc.
For White Russia the relationship is still very close. A friend and I agreed last night that within the next ten years it will probably be part of Russia again. For places like Ukraine, it depends on geography mostly. People in the west support pro-western candidates, mostly. People across the Dnieper seem to support pro-Moscow candidates. Other CIS countries such as the -stans (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, etc) have more or less to do with Russia depending on how much they need assistance and who is willing to give it to them. Lots of people from that part of the world work in Russia, and crime against those with darker skin is becoming more prevalent in the bigger cities where Russians see them as stealing jobs. Kinda like Mexicans in America. Other places like Georgia all out hate Russia. For example, Russia wants to recognize breakaway republics from that country, which of course, that country doesn’t appreciate! Hope that helps a bit!
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am says
Belarus has great relations with Russia and likely will merge with Russia in the future. Ukraine it depends on who is in power. One year relations may be great while the next year they will be very heated. The Baltic states basicaly cut all ties with Russia that connects them to the former soviet union.
Maldova has good relations with Russia and there is talk sometimes about merging with Russia, while other times there is talk about merging with Romania.
Georgia has bad relations with Russia while Armenia has good relations. Azerbaijan it is mixed.
turkmanistan and Tajikstan are both distancing themselves with Russia. Turmanistan wants to focus more on Turkey while Tajikstan focuses more on Iran.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekstan and Krygstan have good ties with Russia but that is about as far as it likely will ever be for now.