Svensmark is Danish, so he is really North European, not Eastern European.
The great Serbian-American scientist, engineer, and inventor Nikola Tesla did research (and filed patents) related to cosmic rays:
http://www.andre-waser.ch/Publications/NikolaTeslasRadiationsAndCosmicRays.pdf
But, of course, he had no IPCC, Algore, or “global warming”-driven ideologies and politics to contend with!!!!