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Why 3 European Countries Still Support Putin

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Five months into the war in Ukraine and Europe is still looking fairly united against Putin’s war. However, there are a few European countries who are sympathetic to Russia; Serbia, Hungary and Belarus – in this video we explain why

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1 – https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2022/02/even-russias-european-allies-have-condemned-the-invasion-of-ukraine
2 – https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220309-brothers-forever-many-in-serbia-back-russia-amid-global-outcry
3 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-29/eu-rejected-by-serb-majority-as-poll-shows-putin-well-regarded#xj4y7vzkg
4 – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/world/europe/ukraine-serbia-russia.html
5 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/06/30/the-war-is-forcing-russias-balkan-friends-to-recalibrate
6 – https://carnegieendowment.org/eurasiainsight/87303
7 – https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-vucic-gas-deal-russia/31873908.html
8 – https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/serbias-un-vote-against-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-decrypted/
9 – https://rs.n1info.com/english/news/vucic-serbia-under-pressure-over-kosovo-after-putin-statement/
10 – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/briefing/putin-allies-hungary-serbia.html
11 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/putin-s-pre-war-allies-dominate-hungarian-and-serbian-elections
12 – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/briefing/putin-allies-hungary-serbia.html
13 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/putin-s-pre-war-allies-dominate-hungarian-and-serbian-elections
14 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/putin-s-pre-war-allies-dominate-hungarian-and-serbian-elections

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  1. @sslpro871

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Summary of the Hungarian section: while the title does not fit to Hungary as it condemned the invasion, supported all sanctions that are in effect, proviodes non-lethal support for Ukraine and supports refugees from Ukraine we still don't like Hungary as there is a democratic decay (which means they must be supporters of Putin, right?).
    Some facts to be straightened: Hungary only opposed the ban on fossil import on pipelines to landlocked countries as they have no supply alternatives. In support of the statement (not really) Croatia and Bulgaria imposed exorbitant additional fees on the transfer from alternative sources.
    I know that the financial support question (to Ukraine) will surface immediately, in which regard the Hungarian position was that it is substantaited but it should not be financed from loans and it's utilization should be carefully planned. Outrageous, I know, after pushing Hungary to accept the EC issuing bonds for the Recovery and Resilience Facility adding Hungary a share in this debt but excluding it from the financing.

  2. @user-go4ht6zh2x

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    what is now ? different mask but same system

  3. @semmitnemfogadel

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    As a Hungarian, I really expected the landlocked EU countries to say that we will sanction the Russians and supply landlocked countries with gas and oil from the west, south and north.

    But that's not what they said, let's give up Russian gas and oil and freeze and starve to death in solidarity……

    Our fellow EU members are very friendly, they can accuse, but not help.

    Ukraine is more important than anything else, since the farmlands there are already owned by the Americans and the Dutch.

    This was also revealed today.

    The Zelenskyi regime is a corrupt thief, they fall one after the other, the Ukrainians are shot dead for American interests.

    Hungary is not a Russian friend, but a Hungarian friend.

  4. @dekik.979

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    The headline is so misleading. These are the first Putin's alie countries not last 😂

  5. @kaiserfranzjoseph9311

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    There is strong support for stoping the support of Ukraine and the long term unstustainable sanctions on Russia in a lot of countries, its just that the government of most of them doesnt care. Here in austria for example most people want our country to stay neutral on the issue, but the parties in charge just dont care

  6. @clever_gamer1

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    No one cant hear that WE DONT SUPPORT RUSSIA WE SUPPORT PEACE

  7. @cazacujohn3673

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Austria and Bulgaria 🤝 Rusia

  8. @freedomwhenneeded

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    slovakia, hungary, greece, serbia, armenia, cyprus, bulgaria, and the unrecognised tranistria people majority support Russia. Russians were so oppressive that east europe loves them

  9. @Milan23_

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    RS HU RU <3 Stay strong!

  10. @godon8857

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    guys, we dont support ukraine with weapons and sanctions, but that doesnt mean that we hate them, we just want to stay neutral. Wouldnt you like to not let your own people starve or freeze to death? Orbán is just making the best he can out of this situatoin. i personally dont think that ukrain should get the whole worlds help for his fight, after all I dont see anybody go to help sudan and others, but if it isnt clear to everyone its a war between russa and the US.

  11. @endOffirst

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Serbia is the best!

  12. @endOffirst

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Black lives matters!

  13. @robertninic5555

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    It is not support of the Russian invasion – it is rather the opposition to defunct sanctions that hurt Europe more than anyone else.

  14. @Orthodoxm

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    You forgot Greece 🇬🇷❤️🇷🇺

  15. @elizabethnilsson1815

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    ONLY THE US and UK HAS REGIME !

  16. @arshadultra7175

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Russia saved Europe from ottomans and Germany of ww2

  17. @frank24180011

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    Throw them out of Europe altogether.

  18. @joshuahawkenson9114

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    "The EU getting mad at Hungary for moving backwards on democracy"

    Can someone please tell me how many people directly voted for the President of the EU since we are talking about democracy. Last time checked, the people do not get to vote for the EU President.

  19. @ferencmori3114

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    As a Hungarian I'm deeply insulted when other Hungarians keep saying "we're a landlocked country and we don't have ports and other options…". Everyone knows deep inside that's bullshit. Yes, Hungary is a landlocked country but if the Hungarian government really represented the nation's interests, which they clearly don't, then they'd do everything they possibly can to cut down on Russian energy dependency just like Germany could do. Where there's a will, there's a way.

  20. @inertiol

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    As and italian i support russia

  21. @AleksandarStefanovic

    February 20, 2024 at 10:36 am

    I'm sad about the situation in Serbia, and it's very complicated history. While majority in Serbia justifiably doesn't want to join NATO, Serbia could benefit from joining EU, culturally and economically (which is a separate discussion itself). People in Serbia feel like they need to choose a side between the West and the East, instead of being realistic and looking after their own interests. Due to many factors, some fascinating situations occur, like people supporting Russia's attempt at invasion, with all the horrors of war and the loss of human life, the same people that are themselves the victims of the NATO bombing, and vividly remember hiding in basements while the bombs rained down the cities. And they're loving Russia more than Russians do, disregarding that a lot of people in Russia feel oppressed and want to leave. Propaganda that is served via television makes my grandmother ask whether the EU will apart soon, and whether we will switch the currency to Rubles (Serbia currently has its own currency, RSD). And the saddest thing is that bright, young people are leaving Serbia to live in Western and North Europe seeking better life conditions, so the country is left without young, talented, working people…

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Has Meloni’s Immigration Policy Backfired?

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Since being elected, Meloni has had a major influence over the EU’s immigration policy, but the new Migration and Asylum Pact may have major consequences for Italy. So what exactly is in the new pact? And has Meloni’s hardline policy backfired?

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https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/

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Why Russia’s Hybrid War Doesn’t Feel so Hybrid

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Over the past few weeks, there have been many reports of Russian hybrid incidents across Europe. With reported drone incursions and explosives at a German airport, we’re looking into the escalating Russian hybrid war and why it no longer feels so hybrid.

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POLITICO: Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war isn’t so hybrid
https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-hybrid-war-on-europe-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-less-hybrid/

Germany says Russia responsible for drone incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylm3m67n2o
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/09/01/germany-blames-russia-for-airport-drone-incident-hits-back-with-sanctions_6757058_146.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxo7cxCO7l0TFHlXxatD1xyz1S0UqgldCRST2dfYnQWOCJYFzH

EU-NATO talks on German drone incident
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/von-der-leyen-russian-drone-incidents-in-europe-are-the-new-normal
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/von-der-leyen-pledges-response-to-russian-hybrid-attacks-ahead-of-rutte-meeting

Russian hybrid warfare (Aug/Sep 2026)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/poland-opens-terror-probe-into-fire-at-drone-factory
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace

Analysis
https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/07/why-russia-could-escalate-hybrid-warfare-against-europe
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/

Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
https://youtu.be/bnt3CNXMPo0?si=RwEWSEx_4Vt69gSb

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01:28 – Context
04:34 – Why It Doesn’t Feel So Hybrid
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After years of stagnation, German’s economy might finally look to be on the up. In this video, we’re taking a look at the latest data and ask whether Germany has finally turned the corner.

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German GDP data 2019-2025
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/germanys-much-ballyhooed-autumn-of-reforms-is-a-damp-squib

Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern

Revised destatis data
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/National-Accounts-Domestic-Product/_node.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645

IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN

Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

Germany trade data
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/deu/germany/trade-balance-deficit
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports

Indices
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/german-manufacturing-growth-accelerates-august-orders-surge-pmi-shows
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

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Yesterday, Iceland held a referendum on restarting negotiations to rejoin the European Union, 13 years after negotiations were frozen. With the results now in, we’re taking a look at what happened and what it means for the future.

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https://www.dw.com/en/icelands-eu-vote-a-nation-divided-over-europe/a-78285133
https://www.reuters.com/world/narrow-majority-icelanders-back-eu-membership-talks-poll-shows-ahead-referendum-2026-08-26/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-01-09-poll-majority-support-eu-negotiations-432591
https://nordics.info/show/artikel/icelands-relationship-with-the-eu
https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/country/iceland
https://newunionpost.eu/2026/02/26/iceland-referendum-eu-accession-talks/#:~:text=hold%20a%20referendum%20on%20reopening%20Iceland%E2%80%99s%20EU%20accession%20talks
https://cb.is/news-and-publications/article/monetary-bulletin-2026-3
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/iceland-hikes-key-rate-to-8-to-lower-risk-of-prices-spiraling
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/iceland-eu-referendum-3fqw92st9
https://thefishingdaily.com/icelandic-fishing-industry-news/icelandic-fishing-industry-points-to-ireland-in-eu-warning/
https://www.reuters.com/world/fish-ships-sovereignty-iceland-weighs-its-european-future-2026-08-19/#:~:text=defined%20Iceland’s%20independence%20since%20it%20broke%20away%20from%20Denmark
https://island-esb.is/en/kostnadur/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-08-29-iceland-rejects-eu-accession-talks-485377

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03:06 – The Two Sides
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Earlier this week, a trade war broke about between the US and Canada. But the EU, a more Canada-aligned ally, appears to have a pretty muted response so far. So, in this video, we’re taking a look at the escalating US-Canada trade war, how it’s pushing Canada towards the EU and how the EU is responding.

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US–Canada trade war
https://www.ft.com/content/7ced71c2-03b8-4569-a68d-14624a7e83f2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.ft.com/content/e3b5c236-bd5f-45c2-8ddf-5279a7375d3f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/25/us/trump-news-tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/us-canadian-trade-war-political-will-01048491
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/wednesday-briefing-how-canada-has-turned-a-trade-dispute-into-a-defence-of-its-sovereignty
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/08/22/prime-minister-carney-delivers-remarks-canada-us-trade-negotiations
https://youtu.be/NhEN07dahhw?si=8f4ggIhGGdy3uAy0

Europe’s response
https://www.politico.eu/article/trade-war-mark-carney-middle-powers-alliance/
https://www.politico.eu/article/canada-mark-carney-to-attend-eus-state-of-the-union-ursula-von-der-leyen/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/25/canada-walked-away-from-trump-could-the-eu-ever-do-the-same
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/25/trumps-tariffs-steer-canada-towards-the-eu-which-welcomes-the-move/

Canada–EU relations
https://international.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/corporate/reports/chief-economist/annual/2025
https://www.politico.eu/article/canada-pact-defense-eu-mark-carney-partnership/
https://youtu.be/GxWtq2ZLfgs?si=_zmZ-0_vtF7EhZrk

Canadian polling on joining the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54662-should-canada-be-allowed-to-join-the-european-union
https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Canadians__Opinions_on_Politics_poll_results_syetMgu.pdf#page=3
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadians-support-becoming-member-european-union-nanos-poll/

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