Which benefit have many eastern european countries, but not russia, taken advantage of since the cold war?
- debt forgiveness by the eu
-loans from the imf
-recognition by the un
-membership in nato

membership in NATO

Explanation:

The majority of the post-communist Eastern European countries changed significantly after the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union. Most of these countries (apart from Belarus) became democracies, reformed their economies and made them market economies, opened up to the world, and started to become more Westernized and lean toward the West as their ally. They also tried to make everything in the power to become part of NATO, as it was the strongest military alliance that was going to guarantee their safety, especially from the very frustrated Russia. Unlike them, Russia remained the arch enemy and rival of NATO, so it did not took advantage to get into it, but instead did everything to stop some nations of becoming its members and still does.