That's actually a fair point, though somehow one also might expect the country to distance itself from certain aspects of its past, seeing how it's been a bit more progressive leaning. At least that's the impression that i've gotten from the past decade of news, at least up until talks of pipelines and whatnot started.

Yes, but east germany was not willingly on the eastern block (nor was poland, czech, ...)

But there are indeed some nostalgics here, who like Putin and the eastern empire.