You over-simplify things quite a bit. Just because people in given country want freedom and not have as rulers constant puppets of russia doesn't mean they beca

You over-simplify things quite a bit. Just because people in given country want freedom and not have as rulers constant puppets of russia doesn't mean they became US lapdogs. Its russia's fault that they globally represent oppression, corruption, incompetence, war crimes and now even genocide of their closest neighbors. Nobody normal would want to align with that voluntarily, only other bullies and murderers (which is exactly whats happening if you look at ie UN voting re Ukraine). Don't forget that Ukraine during ruling of all those russian puppets became country so desperately poor that even such a place like russia was rich by comparison. I don't find it strange at all that people just wanted to get rid of this constant negative drag on their very existence.