Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cannot really trust Russia (the leader of the Commonwealth of Independent States) as Russia forcibly made those states part of the Soviet Union and and did allow for democracy there. That's why they don't want to be part of CIS. They can afford not to be due to their location in Europe, next to western Europe, so then can claim help from western Europe in case of Russian Invasion (unlike Kazakhstan for example).
Because it was mainly Europe that was Christian. Asia was for example mostly Buddhist, Confucian, and Hindu. The Middle East and Northern Africa was Islamic. The rest of the world was influenced by Europe and it’s Christianity.
D. southeast Asia
Vietnamese culture is uniquely its own but has a lot of Chinese influence