"The Baltic Republics vs. the rest of the USSR." Not good example. They were not voluntarily part of USSR (see Molotov-Ribentrop pact), Stalin sent a lot of th

"The Baltic Republics vs. the rest of the USSR." Not good example. They were not voluntarily part of USSR (see Molotov-Ribentrop pact), Stalin sent a lot of them to Siberia. They have huge Russian minority too (remember Putin's policy for "protecting" russians in foreign countries). It it not easy for them to survive, they have to be as independent on russia as possible, so they have no other choice than integrate into international organizations.