I can’t speak for Eastern European developers and I would be hesitant to hiring them without ever working with any that were not located locally in the US only

I can’t speak for Eastern European developers and I would be hesitant to hiring them without ever working with any that were not located locally in the US only because of time zones. But I have found working with LatAm coworkers to be an amazing experience. What I first found frustrating about Indian developers in India wasn’t that they weren’t necessarily bad developers, they were afraid to speak up or go outside the lines. I had to beg a few to give me honest critical feedback when I was an architect at startup when I realized they were following my in hindsight bad guidance and they knew better. My current LatAm coworkers - even those who are a lot less senior than me will tell me (politely) when my shit stinks.