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A comment on Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service's 2023 Security Report. Parent comment
1. Leadership is autocratic / non-democratic and thus a natural ally. That's the easy bit, but why does the populous support Russia.
2. Poland and other eastern bloc countries are doing a lot better than Hungary, which makes common folks disaffected.
3. State control of the media is pretty strong, and it blames the west for their problems.
There's a similar narrative for Serbia, but historical reasons also play a big role. The politics and history of that region are "interesting".
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1. Leadership is autocratic / non-democratic and thus a natural ally. That's the easy bit, but why does the populous support Russia.
2. Poland and other eastern bloc countries are doing a lot better than Hungary, which makes common folks disaffected.
3. State control of the media is pretty strong, and it blames the west for their problems.
There's a similar narrative for Serbia, but historical reasons also play a big role. The politics and history of that region are "interesting".