Der Grosse,
...I am disturbed by the suggestion that helping the "brave" Croatians and their economy is a good thing. Just so the historical record is clear, Croatia was allied with Hitler's Germany during World War II and actively participated in the slaughtering of Gypsies, Jews and Serbians. It is also the case that the Croatians are guilty of almost as many war crimes as the Serbians.
If you wants to have full information about the Croatia in World War II, then beside that that "Croatia was allied with Hitler's Germany during World War" you can check and you will find that in Croatia was the biggiest free territory from Nacy regime in Europe and that Croatian partisans were make the lot of lost to Hitler Germany. Also if you didn't know, Tito, leader of Yugoslav partisans was also Croat. That lights all Croatia in WW2 in different light, isn't it.
For You and for the others you should know that former Yugoslavia (and Croatia was part of it), was NEWER part of Eastern Block, so You can not talk about Croatia and think about Russia.
Maybe this will be interesting for You: Did you know that NJikola Tesla goes to high school near the place where today is manufactured HS 2000. Did you know that TORPEDO was invented by Croat with the same name. This is about tehnicall schills of Croat.There is lot of simmilar things, but this is not place where we can discuss about.
Regarding the HS 2000, situation is simple: If this "peace of Eastern technology worth, it will find the place in the market. If it is not, then forgot it." Time will shows. He, He,He..
I apologize in advance if somebody consider this post offensive. This was not my intention.