The shooter being pro-Ukrainian doesn't prove anything, other than him having an IQ above 90.
Only proves that he's really dumb by assuming this is going to cause a change politics.
We could also use the word desperation here too. Slovakia is one of the hardest hit countries in terms of living standards, entire villages are emptying... obviously doesn't excuse violence but it's clearly been bubbling
Is this recent or longer-term?
I don't see Slovakia standing out in population or gdp growth among other Central/Eastern European countries, but maybe those figures aren't picking up some significant changes.
On the whole, Slovakia isn't doing that badly, but it is lagging behind countries like Poland or the Baltics. When you look under the surface, most of the country is actually stagnating and Bratislava is leaving everyone else in the dust. We have some absolutely eye-popping levels of regional inequality: in terms of GDP per capita, Bratislava is the fifth richest region in the EU, ahead of nealry all stereotypically rich Western European capitals (adjusted for PPP, but still). Most of the rest of the country is barely better off than the Balkans. What Zinneke is describing really is a huge problem.
To be fair, isn't it true in all post-Communist/Eastern bloc countries that capital cities are doing much better than everywhere else? Villages emptying out isn't only a Slovak phenomenon.
Though it occured to me the wealth disparity might be more stark in Slovakia than in other countries in the region. A country where the wealthy booming capital is geographically located all the way West and as you head east you head further back in time. Additionally, there aren't beachside tourist hotspots away from the capital city like in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Poland (even Ukraine when not in the midst of a war) which attract foreign investment and tourists in places other than the capital.
