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Ukraine is getting sold for parts (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Out of all the formerly Soviet states, Ukraine is the closest to the US, is portrayed as being the most "western,"

Not to take away from the rest of your comment (which I agree with), but surely the most "culturally americanized" would be one of the baltics?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

There's an argument to be made there. In terms of the lived reality in the Baltics that's entirely likely. In terms of the second point though, the portrayal of westernized, there just isn't as much media or political attention on the Baltic countries in the US. In Europe there is some, given Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are EU members, but that's more on a dry international relations level.

This may just be my subjective take on it all though.