Hungary and Serbia: votes under the noise of cannons

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After six weeks of war in Ukraine, the focus is now on the alleged war crimes committed by the Russian army before withdrawing from the Kiev area to concentrate forces on its operations in the east and southeast of the invaded country. Moscow categorically denies the accusations and promises evidence that refutes them. Western media claim to have images that prove the opposite. More sanctions are being prepared and ways to hold Putin and his collaborators responsible for these massacres are being discussed. But this latest drift of the war has arrived late to two of the countries closest to Russia in Europe: one is a member of the EU (Hungary) and another aspires to be so, although with little hope of achieving.

In both cases, the two leaders who govern with an iron fist and few democratic scruples have repeated overwhelming success. Hungary's Orbán and Serbia's Vucic have navigated the six weeks Argentina Email List of war with cautious conduct, so as not to further irritate European leaders, but without ruining their close relations with the Kremlin. They have condemned the invasion but have refrained from joining the economic sanctions. Energy dependence partly explains its position, not without forgetting its ideological coincidence with the authoritarian nationalism projected from the Kremlin. HUNGARY: THE ORBANATE Viktor Orbán has strengthened his control of the country. With  of the votes, he expands more than he retains his absolute majority and reduces the opposition to irrelevance, with only %, although the main formations attended together.



Orbán's victory has surprised those who believed in polls that predicted a weakening of his power. In real terms, the gap between government and opposition will be even greater, due to an electoral system that Orbán has manufactured at his convenience, through the manipulation of districts and the premium to the majority party, that is, his own (FIDESZ). Ukraine: strange travel companions To combat all this, the opposition finally agreed to unite, after three consecutive defeats. But that's where the successful part of the strategy ended. The final stretch of the campaign coincided with the war in Ukraine. The opposition candidate, Peter Marky-Zay, a conservative small-town mayor, believed that criticism of the prime minister for his collusion with Russia could be productive, but he was wrong.