well history repeats itself , Germany is going to collapse and AfD is going to return strongly and green party is firing coal plants to secure energy . Seriously Europeans ! Never understood the motivations of Frenchies too , Macron did a show a weak spine but now its too late .
I think its because of US policies and funding of NGO’s in Eastern Europe who spread nationalism and anti USSR history throughout. I was listening a podcast of https://open.spotify.com/show/3R28kE3Z0qgqwTWR4C6uBx where an American professor in history told the host that most Russophobic propaganda are spread through various NGOs and Gulag memorial .
I think the early colorful revolutions in central Asia and Europe was to bring all these countries more close to US sphere and thereby strong Russophobia while religion also plays a role but I suppose the background propaganda and intense anti USSR notion in academia and intelligensia also plays a role .