Putin’s Duma Candidates Could Lose for Same Reasons Orbán’s Did in Hungary

(Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation) Most international commentaries on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s loss in the Hungarian parliamentary elections and his fall from power have focused on the consequences for European support for Ukraine and its fight against the Russian invasion. Russian analysts are focusing on that too, but some are worried that what happened in Hungary could happen in Russia’s Duma elections, given parallels between Orbán’s Fidesz party and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia and between their electoral systems. A few commentators are even predicting equally revolutionary change with United Russia losses triggering a Russian Maidan. Such notions are overblown given differences between the two countries, but such worries will shape Russian politics in the coming months. – Putin’s Duma Candidates Could Lose for Same Reasons Orbán’s Did in Hungary – Jamestown