Easy money US - you know it makes sense. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia = 120 points right there without raising a musket, not to mention the western "Iron Curtain" and Balkans.
On the contrary, keep them in - the marking will be a right hoot. If I was a betting man I'd go large on Russia to win Eurovision in 2014. If the Crimea is anything to go by, every Iron Curtain mini-state will be filling their pants and so sure to give the Russkys "douze points".