It is often forgotten that during his early years as Russian president, Vladimir Putin made extensive overtures to the West in attempts at establishing warm relations.
After the US imposed new sanctions on Turkey for carrying out a military operation in the Kurdish territories in Syria, the divergence of interests between Ankara and Washington reached a new level.
Besides its Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, who has become world-famous since his reelection in 2010, Hungary’s political scene has featured one other major attraction in recent years: the formerly radical Right-wing nationalist party, Jobbik.
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