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My bad: Ilya is indeed of Russian-Jewish origin.

>>0xDEF+(OP)
I thought Ilya was from a Russian family who emigrated to Israel last century… You learn.

Whether Albania is in Eastern Europe is debatable. It was behind the Iron Curtain.

>>bertil+b2
Russia is partially geographically sort of Eastern Europe, not in the union though. Israelis officials think it's in Europe too, and it's in the East.

>>two_in+x9
What I meant was: has emotional ties to what happening in Ukraine. It could influence how they perceive the merits of a military collaboration. Many Poles for instance would be ready to do anything.

>>0xDEF+(OP)
Sidenote: Even the name itself is typical eastern European + Jewish.

According to Wikipedia it's "the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning 'My God is Yahu/Jah.'"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya