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[4] Strategeast Westernization Index 2022. https://www.strategeast.org/strategeast-westernization-index-2022-2/

[5] Strategeast Westernization Index 2020. https://www.strategeast.org/strategeast-westernization-index-2020/

[6] Strategeast Westernization Index 2018. http://neweurope.org.ua/en/analytics/en-westernization-index-2018/

[7] Global Economy.com https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/capital_investment_dollars/

[8] Estonia recognized the war in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people. https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-estoniya-viyna-v-ukrayini-henotsyd/31814413.html

[9] The war in Ukraine would have ended a long time ago if the West had helped more actively - the Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-world/3595647-vijna-v-ukraini-davno-b-zakincilasa-akbi-zahid-dopomagav-aktivnise-vicepremer-latvii.html