What's the difference between Russia and those other eastern European countries?

<h3>What's the difference between Russia and those other eastern European countries?</h3>

What's the difference between Russia and those other eastern European countries (Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, etc.)?


<strong>Lithuania best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by Vasisualiy</i><br/>What's the difference between the USA and Canada, or Germany and Austria, or the US and Mexico. You pulled together very different countries, some of which aren't even European at all.</p>
<p><strong>Lithuania's prime minister and minister of defense visit Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan [Image 1 of 3]</strong>
<img alt="Lithuania" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6022/5905502302_1da4520a21.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
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Sgt. 1st Class Randall Jackson, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment poses with Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and Minister of Defense Rasa Jukneviciene during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4.
16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lasonya Morales
Date Taken:07.04.2011
Location:KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AF
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