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Viktor Orbán’s Fall Weakens Vladimir Putin - but Russia Has Europe's Most Prized Asset - Lubov Chernukhin
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Viktor Orbán’s fall weakens Vladimir Putin - but Russia has Europe's most prized asset - Lubov Chernukhin
Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary after 16 years in power marks more than a domestic political shift; it's a blow to Putin’s influence in Europe. It removes one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies inside the European Union and NATO, but it doesn’t necessarily signal a significant turning point in how Hungary responds to the European support of Ukraine. For years, Orbán was Moscow’s closest ally inside the European Union. It was an open secret that…
France's foreign minister sees Orban's defeat as a weakening of Putin. The change of power in Hungary could also change the EU blockades.
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What does the defeat of Orban mean for Europe and Ukraine?
Since his return to the head of government in 2010, Viktor Orban has increased the number of arms passes with the European Commission, which accused him of no longer complying with the treaties signed by Hungary at the time of its accession in 2004.
"It is also a defeat for a number of his supporters of the reactionary international, first among which Vladimir Putin who loses his Trojan horse in the European Union",
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