The parliamentary elections in Hungary and Serbia both brought landslide wins for the two countries’ longtime, pro-Putin leaders — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. “ A survey by Hungarian pollster Publicus in March showed that only 44% of supporters of Orbán’s party, Fidesz, considered Russia the aggressor in the war in Ukraine. ”In Serbia, Vučić cruised into an outright victory with the nearest opposition candidate trailing by some 40%. Many Serbs now see Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the result of Western pressure rather than Moscow’s expanding ambitions. A survey by Hungarian pollster Publicus in March showed that only 44% of Fidesz supporters considered Russia the aggressor in the war in Ukraine.

Source: New York Times April 08, 2022 02:45 UTC