The never ending battle with the past

in Central and Eastern Europe.

The issue at stake is how to start a capitalist future without having a clear property situation. Poland and the Czech Republic are good examples of a good post-communist capitalist start and are successful EU and NATO members. Still, the restitution problem is dealing with the ways to solve the past problems. In countries as Ukraine, Russia or Serbia this process is just at the beginning if not started at all, meaning that, sooner or later the issue will be solved following the death of many of the possible individuals who would have something to request.