With what nonchalance Russian President Vladimir Putin answered the cleverly arranged questions at his annual pre-Christmas theater performance in the Kremlin disguised as a press conference! No wonder that his friends and apprentices, from Viktor Orbán to Robert Fico, who are threatened by growing pressure from below, are gaining new strength. After a quarter of a century in power and despite four years of a costly and stagnating “military operation” against the “neo-Nazis” in Ukraine, they have been able to present a completely stable system to the world.
