For Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin’s power is “stable” despite Wagner’s rebellion, and the Russian president will “of course” still be in charge in 2024
“I don’t see much significance in this event”the aborted rebellion of the Wagner Group, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview with German daily newspapers Picture And Die Weltas well as Politico. ” Whether [la rébellion] could have happened, it is a clear sign of weakness, but if it is resolved in twenty-four hours, it is a sign of strength”he wants to believe.
“We have intelligence services. They are more reliable than anything” And “They say it’s not important”added the nationalist leader. “You know that Putin is the president of Russia. So if anyone is speculating that he might fail or be replaced, he doesn’t understand the Russian people and Russian power structures.”he further details. “The structures in Russia are very stable. They’re military-based, secret service, police-based, so it’s a different kind of country, it’s a military-oriented country.”analyzes Mr. Orban, for whom, compared to Hungary or Germany, Russia “is another world”.
To the question “Will Mr. Putin still be in charge of Russia in 2024?” “, Viktor Orban replied: “Of course, that’s the reality. »
He also believes that Mr. Putin is not a “war criminal”. “We can talk about war crimes after the war. If you want a ceasefire and then negotiate, we have to convince those who are part of the conflict to come to the table”he said.
The Hungarian Prime Minister also considers ” impossible “ that Ukraine wins the war started by Moscow. “The problem is that the Ukrainians will run out of soldiers sooner than the Russians, and that will be the deciding factor in the end”asserts Mr. Orban. “We want to save Ukraine”he assures us, judging that ” the only way “ to achieve this is that “the Americans start negotiations with the Russians, that they find an agreement on a security architecture and that they find a place for Ukraine in this new security architecture”.
Viktor Orban, who had forged close relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia before the start of the invasion of Ukraine, refuses to help his Ukrainian neighbor militarily, blames the policies of sanctions against Moscow and maintains ties with the Kremlin .