You'll have to excuse me if I don't exactly believe that someone who advocates for fair hiring practices in terms of racial, gender, religion and sexual orientation won't face workplace retaliation in a region of the world that still has a relatively poor human rights record on such issues.
It's easy to not discuss politics when most people in the workplace have a very homogenous view of said politics, and when anyone who might disagree with company policy that could adversely affect people on the basis of social issues are kept out of the office.
Then again, Eastern Europe is fairly big and it's not fair for me to paint the entire region with a single brush stroke. Where specifically in Eastern Europe do you have most experience with?
In most of Europe you can't just fire someone for no reason, and their political views is not a valid reason to fire someone no matter if it is right wing or left wing.
It's easy to not discuss politics when most people in the workplace have a very homogenous view of said politics, and when anyone who might disagree with company policy that could adversely affect people on the basis of social issues are kept out of the office.
Then again, Eastern Europe is fairly big and it's not fair for me to paint the entire region with a single brush stroke. Where specifically in Eastern Europe do you have most experience with?