The headline for this contribution should more accurately read “Putin-lite;” Hungarian Viktor Orban and Serbian Aleksandar Vucic have long been enamored of Putin and his odious methods. Until Russia invaded Ukraine in February, they were both Putin’s buddies, and sought, like the ill-starred Donald Trump, to cuddle diplomatically as close as possible to Putin.
24 - Putin-like Compatriots Elsewhere, II…
The headline for this contribution should more accurately read “Putin-lite;” Hungarian Viktor Orban and Serbian Aleksandar Vucic have long been enamored of Putin and his odious methods. Until Russia invaded Ukraine in February, they were both Putin’s buddies, and sought, like the ill-starred Donald Trump, to cuddle diplomatically as close as possible to Putin.