Russian political scientist: Putin wants to occupy even Hungary
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According to Professor Grigory Yudin, the Russian leader believes that a reestablished Greater Russia (which resembles the Soviet Union) is unimaginable without a Warsaw Pact. And that military alliance included not only Czechia, the Baltic states or Poland, but Hungary and East Germany as well.
Putin wants Eastern Europe, not just Ukraine
“We cannot have the USSR and not have the Warsaw Pact”, Yudin told the Daily Mail, a British daily. ‘This kind of ideology [is what Putin thinks]’, he added. According to Professor Yudin, Poland, Hungary, and other Eastern European countries are ‘toy states’ for Putin because Moscow needs to control them to feel safe.
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The Russian political scientist believes that Putin would like to reestablish the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain. The latter was the nickname of the barbed wire fence separating member countries of the Moscow-led Communist and US-led capitalist-democratic block during the Cold War era. Interestingly, only a few people wanted to escape the fence to the East. Most citizens wanted to leave the Communist block to live free in the West. In 1956, Hungary declared, for example, that they would like to become neutral like Austria. The answer was thousands of Soviet tanks crushing the freedom fight.
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New Iron Curtain
Therefore, according to Yudin, even Hungary cannot feel safe from the Russian dictator. Before, he said that Putin would like to escalate the war to settle things with NATO and Ukraine. Thus, Ukraine is just the appetiser. Other experts, however, believe that Russia would never be able to beat NATO with traditional weapons. In a nuclear war, the Earth would become a desolation in just minutes, so that kind of warfare is not worth it for any country.
Perhaps Putin would like to get back at Hungary for siding with the Nazis in WW2. Could Victor be so gullible?
Not true that Hungary agreed to all the sanctions. Hungary has repeatedly blocked or found an opt out from sanctions. And Orban still believes he can win back parts of Ukraine after they are destroyed by Vlad, just as Hungary believed they would get territory for siding with Adolf. Wrong side of history again?
So, what else is new?
Does Orbán think he can appease Putin, or get concessions out of him by pretending to be his pal and admirer. Putin ha no pals, and no Central European country is safe from his plans.