Everything is legal but nothing is democratic (…) democratic institutions formally exist, but their actual functioning follows only [Orban’s] will
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s recent parliamentary elections
Everything is legal but nothing is democratic (…) democratic institutions formally exist, but their actual functioning follows only [Orban’s] will
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s recent parliamentary elections
Warsaw will need to expand the boundaries of its influence and avoid some further pitfalls if it is to become a real leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin (has) questioned the existence of Ukraine, describing it as a mere creation of Lenin’s Soviet Union
There is a sense of moral superiority, which is very strong at the moment
There is a sense of moral superiority, which is very strong at the moment. That we have been right on Russia (…) and we have been ignored — by the Germans and by the others.
Normalization is going to be very hard, and maybe even impossible, with this kind of attitude
The Georgian “foreign agents” draft law is an attempt to take control of civil society and impose a populist, sovereignist trajectory
Bidzina Ivanishvili clearly functions as a Russian oligarch. Depending on his personal interests, he will accommodate Russia while trying not to alienate the European Union.