Putin’s Pre-War Allies Dominate Hungarian, Serbian Elections
- Hungarian Prime Minister Orban seals fourth consecutive term
- Serbia’s Vucic wins second term as party tops parliament vote
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The two European leaders most closely allied to Russian President Vladimir Putin before he launched his invasion of Ukraine won decisive election victories on pledges to stay out of the war.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has spent 12 years consolidating his grip on power and clashing with the European Union over democratic values, clinched a fourth consecutive term in a crushing victory over a broad opposition alliance.