Setting Slavs free.(West should keep doors open to Slavic countries that may wish to join European Union)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | July 24, 1999 | Copyright

There is no reason why Slavs cannot be democrats ARE Slavs and democracy destined not to mix? From the harsh plains of northern Europe down to the bloody Balkans, from the Black Sea across ten time-zones to Siberia's Pacific coast, Slavs have had but feeble and fleeting experiences of gentle or just government, let alone democracy. With the fall of communism a decade ago, hopes of freedom rose, then faded. Two chunks of Slavdom, in particular, have most patently disappointed: the Slavic core of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus; and the southern Slavs, centred on Serbia.

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