Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
0) Why would any country join it in the first place? What was it created for in the first place?
5) Guess, Ukraine has gotten closer to the European standards of living.
6) EU or neither (what were the goals of creating CIS, I still don't get it, commie area #2 =)) )
8,9) It's the West vs East issue (west part vs east part of the country) =)

PS. Apparently, you're programming in C/C++/C#/Java or so =))
I believe it has nothing to do with the West vs East or with other parts of the continent, it's just the slave Slavic aspiration to the master who will rule and feed you and you don't have to make any efforts. Just see how the Scandinavians treat each other. They don't seek any "standards of living" they make it themselves. And there is nothing to be given to any of them to betray a sibling.