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Looking at that map I worry for Turkmenistan going RA.
Also I am thinking we could see "Russians Out" movements against Russian settler populations across the former USSR. The Baltics and Finland will likely stop short of official endorsement but see hate crimes and de facto persecutions from the new private sector; with ITO protecting them from any Russian threats and not getting too involved to stop the persecution. The RA may get an "In" with the Central Asian republics by supporting Russian expulsions as part of them joining the RA.
If the TTL collapse had been more violent....probably.
But considering how Malenkov has so gracefully surrendered power, there might be far less animosity than usual.
Considering Turkmenistan IOTL had a crazy dictator who changed the months of the year and days of the week and forced people to read his horrible autobiography/manifesto, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
The dude named months of the year after himself, and built a city of marble.
The man was NUTS!