Why is there in almost every fucking action movie a character from Eastern Europe, and 98% of time it’s some drug dealer, mafia, mob boss, smuggler, thief, gang member or leader or some criminal in general. Even if it’s not a plot point, they have to at least mention it.
It doesn’t have to be Russia, it’s either Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Montenegro, Albania etc. I heard this in movies on TV at least 100 times just this year.
Why the fuck do you always have to at least mention Eastern Europe in any way? You ruined and pillaged the region 30 years ago and turned it into a hellhole it is today full of criminals, corruption, bourgeoise and fascists politicians, what the fuck do you want anymore?
Rant over.
That is one of the reasons to have these characters and plots - to whitewash US and NATO. “See, we only did what we had to do! They be evil and gangster!”.
Also, there is usually some line about how these mafia types are “former Spetsnaz” or “former KGB”. For the same reasons.
This. And I’d say it’s also to paint over the fact that various organized crime rings around the world were created or sustained by US intelligence efforts, either to complete specific destabilization or repression tasks in a given region, and/or as a source of income via weapons and drugs dealing.