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

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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>
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