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> We have publicly funded broadcasters in most EU countries. That would be a terrible dependency for eastern europe, you wouldn't want putin-friendly governmen
by return0 8y ago
> We have publicly funded broadcasters in most EU countries.
That would be a terrible dependency for eastern europe, you wouldn't want putin-friendly government media teaching people what to vote next.
- lossolo 8y agoThere is only one "eastern europe" country that is really Putin friendly and it's Hungary, the rest is anti Putin.
- bklaasen 8y agoMany urban, educated folks in Serbia see Putin as a better ally than any European leader.
- lossolo 8y agoI think you could find a lot of pro Putin people in EU. Some of my family members are pro Putin while I live in probably the most anti-Putin country in EU. I could elaborate more about reasons for that but I don't want to digress too much from original discussion.
- distances 8y agoThat's probably due to the rather unusual recent history of Serbia I assume