They ditched communism and Nato agreed at the time not to expand one inch toward Russia. They have been double crossed on the Nato expansion promise. They gave all the satellite states independence. They now have a democratic Federal Republic. They are a nuclear power. They have a strong, technologically advanced defense force. They are good at chess, like beer, vodka and herring. They don't seem to have the pedophilia problems of the west They are probably not bowing down to the globalist agenda.
