[fwungy]

There aren't as many East Europeans.

[sacnoradhq]

Unimportant. Educated tech workers are in much higher densities in many Eastern European countries than elsewhere.

Of all European countries, these are good bets for recruiting:

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

https://www.coursera.org/skills-reports/global