{"id":176295,"date":"2022-04-18T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=176295"},"modified":"2022-04-18T20:28:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:28:39","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-38","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine in Flames. Who’s behind international support for Putin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Despite obvious war crimes of Russia in Ukraine, some European states still hesitate in their choice between the values of a united Europe and particular interests. They help promote Putin\u2019s narratives and passively justify the war against Ukraine. Recent European elections illustrate this vividly. The distance between incumbent President Macron and the far-right candidate Le Pen was about 4% after the first round of the French presidential race. Le Pen is an active supporter of Euroscepticism and part of Putin’s active lobby in France and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliamentary elections in Hungary gave Fidesz and its leader Orban the opportunity to form a government. Orban is another sympathizer of Putin and those who have repeatedly blocked Ukraine’s NATO integration process. He has notoriously refused to transit weapons to Ukraine after the start of a large-scale Russian invasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbian President Vucic is voicing support for Putin, which became possible due to Serbs reelecting him President and his political power to the Parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Belarus is a direct ally of the Kremlin letting Russia shell Ukraine from its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine in Flames #38 will discuss these and more \u201cuseful idiots\u201d who support Putin\u2019s actions in Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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