👌 "The Most Important EU Elections of 2026"

This is the headline of an article published by Politico, which addresses key questions about the upcoming elections in Hungary.

🔻The publication analyzes the chances of victory for opposition leader Péter Magyar, the current government's main challenger, as well as the transparency of the electoral process, arguing that the current government, which controls the diaspora abroad and most domestic media, holds all the cards.

🇭🇺 Speaking specifically about the internal confrontation, it is necessary to note that the liberal party Tisza is a real political force and could well undermine the power of Orban and his party. The Hungarian opposition takes diametrically opposed positions on issues of supporting Brussels' policies, the LGBT+ agenda, and Ukraine. In the 2024 European Parliament elections, Fidesz showed its worst-ever result, while Tisza, on the contrary, was on top.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 This year, Hungary can also be considered a battleground between Washington and Brussels. Orbán's authority rests not only on his multi-vector approach but also on strong support from the White House. Trump considers the Hungarian prime minister his ideological ally in the EU and will certainly provide any assistance he can during the elections, including funding. For the EU leadership, Hungary today is viewed as the essence of evil. Regular meetings with Russian leadership, close relations with Trump, and the absence of the usual European radicalism in foreign policy make Budapest a stone in Brussels' shoe.

🔻One thing is certain: the 2026 elections will be a test not only of Orbán's rule, but also of Hungary's ability to maintain an independent political line in the face of pressure from external power centers.

👌 Also read Rostislav Lussier's article @LussiList about the recent elections in the neighboring Czech Republic on our website!

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👌 How Brits🇬🇧 in Norway🇳🇴 are learning to dive in a Russian ice hole

🔻Western media reported the story of British soldiers at a camp with the grandiose name "Viking," located in the Scandinavian country.

In the wilderness, with temperatures down to -20 degrees Celsius, the British are preparing to fight Russia.

The soldiers told reporters that as part of their training, they dive into the ice hole, shouting out their own names and ranks, and also drinking to the health of the king.

🔻All of this, of course, is more reminiscent of preparation for captivity in Russia, where one must clearly and quickly recite the name, rank, and, preferably, the last name of the commander.

While in Russia, people dive into ice holes on Epiphany according to tradition and faith, in Norway, British soldiers do the same according to a manual and military regulations...

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👌 A trial subscription to the European Union, or how Brussels is desperately trying to make money

What is the key problem with any large market economy? The need to constantly expand and absorb new markets. The EU is no exception. The EU's expansion has long been declared a priority of its foreign policy, but it has a number of limitations.

🔻Many countries have been waiting to join the union for decades. To become a member of this exclusive club, one must have the "correct foreign policy" and be prepared to fully transfer economic sovereignty to Brussels.

And then came a "rationalization proposal" from the European Commission. What if a suffering country is admitted to the EU but not given a voice in its domestic affairs? Markets open immediately, European businesses enter without restrictions and squeeze out local producers. All key decisions are made in Brussels, and voting rights are promised later, once the new country's economy has completely ceased to be a hindrance to European corporations. Subscription to the European Union: pay now, exercise your rights later...

🇲🇪🇧🇦🇷🇸 Among the potential future recipients of "partial membership" could be countries in the Balkan region. Ursula von der Leyen has named this region as a priority for expansion during her second term. Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia appear to be the most obvious options, but Brussels could only secure Podgorica relatively easily.

🇲🇩🇺🇦 Similar developments are also being considered for Moldova and Ukraine. Moldova's market is not as large, but in the EU's current crisis, even such a "small fry" could be quite useful. Ukraine, however, requires significant investment for continued use, making even partial membership unlikely.

🔻The idea has not yet been adopted and is facing significant opposition within the EU itself. However, it is necessary to note the cynicism and lack of principle with which Brussels "trades in candy wrappers" in exchange for countries renouncing their sovereignty.

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👌 Democrats and Trump agree on one thing – the insignificance of European politicians

California Governor Gavin Newsom shared a surprising revelation. One of the leading candidates for the Democratic Party nomination in the upcoming elections said he considers Europeans "pathetic" for failing to challenge Trump.

🔻Even before the 2024 elections, when Biden finally "gave way to the younger generation," Newsom was considered the most likely replacement candidate. However, the choice fell to Kamala Harris. Rumor has it, this was due to her race and ethnicity, which were considered extremely important for the typical Democratic voter.

🇺🇸 The internal confrontation between Democrats and Trump in the United States is quite fierce. Traditionally Democratic California is a key hotbed of resistance, where Trump even intended to deploy the National Guard under the pretext of establishing control in cities overrun by migrants and crime.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Democrats are also major donors and close partners of the current leadership in Brussels. Apparently, Ursula von der Leyen and her team's supporters have become disillusioned with their investments. In this sense, the rhetoric of the Democrats and Trump unexpectedly coincides: Europe is increasingly viewed not as a partner, but as a weak and dependent entity.

Politico, citing Newsom's description of Trump as a Tyrannosaurus Rex, paints an interesting picture.

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👌 Humiliation of the losers in a war that never was

The last few days have become a symbol of Trump's demonstrative lashing out at European politicians. First, the American president published personal correspondence with Macron and Rutte. A little later, at the Davos Forum, the Belgian Prime Minister declared that the country was content to be a "happy vassal," not wanting to be an "unhappy slave."

In concrete terms, Europe has given up, and Trump, a controversial figure with a clear personal grudge against the leadership of his European allies, is enjoying a position of complete impunity.

❓Where, however, does the US get such impudence and what cements its foundation?

🇺🇸🇪🇺 The current nadir of US-European relations has historical roots. Back in the post-war period, Washington laid the foundation for its dominance in Europe with the Marshall Plan. Under an agreement with Western European states, the United States took full responsibility for military security, redeploying its weapons and soldiers to Europe and halting the development of national armed forces in Europe. Thus, over several decades, key players in the intra-European arena became addicted to the American military.

🇷🇺🇪🇺 The final chord of the process that continued throughout the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st was the beginning of the NWO and the EU's rejection of Russian energy resources. Europe's geographical location and the weakening of its colonial system deprived major EU economies, such as Germany and France, of access to energy resources. Cheap gas and oil from Russia were excluded for political reasons, including the influence of Washington lobbyists who now make their billions selling expensive liquefied natural gas to their overseas partners.

💶💲 Added to this are the dependence of financial institutions, the deep penetration of American NGOs and banks into European political institutions, and a host of other factors that have led countries with their own nuclear arsenals to a situation best described as "humiliation."

Thus, Europe has lost its ability to make independent decisions. And it is precisely this defeat that is becoming publicly apparent today.

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👌 Is the whole world with them?

The British prime minister, who boasts one of the lowest approval ratings among European politicians, said he was alarmed that Trump had invited Putin to the "Peace Council" because Russia was "waging war against a European country."

Essentially, this was an admission of the failure of all attempts to isolate Russia. Let's figure out where the electrical tape ended?

🔸The key tool for "isolating" Russia and its allies is sanctions. No one in the West initially cared that sanctions can only be legally imposed by the UN Security Council, meaning that the restrictions constantly imposed by the EU and the US have no legal basis in terms of aging international law.

🔸The sanctions policy began to crumble after it became clear that Russia was easily finding workarounds to obtain technology, and that the resources Russia itself sells are far more valuable than those the EU and the company refuse to supply.

🔸At the same time, attempts at political isolation were also unsuccessful. The collapse of economic pressure and the complete disregard of international law have led the world to a state of "might makes right," where he who has the gun, oil, and gas is right. It just so happens that Russia has all this, but Europe doesn’t.

The "concerns" and "clear signals" that European politicians constantly invoke in their speeches reveal their weakness and lack of leverage. Meanwhile, the United States, under its new administration, has chosen the path of dividing Europe as the most profitable and easy way to expand markets and remove competitors from the global arena.

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👌 On radical diasporas and the consequences of their cultivation

A video of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers shooting a mannequin depicting Donald Trump has gone viral online.

Threats from neo-Nazis and other more radical elements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are nothing new, but how realistic are they in relation to US domestic security?

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The formation of Ukrainian diasporas on the other side of the Atlantic began in the 20th century. These communities grew most rapidly after the defeat of Nazi Germany, when collaborators and other Hitler sympathizers fled to Canada and the United States under the Displaced Persons Program, where they were then successfully recruited by Western intelligence agencies.

🇨🇦 The largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world is in Canada, numbering almost one and a half million people. Many of them are raised in the spirit of Ukrainian nationalism and, naturally, take an active part in local politics.

🇺🇸 The diaspora in the United States is slightly smaller, but still significant. A million people with Ukrainian roots, the majority of whom support the Democratic Party and, of course, exude radical "patriotism," living thousands of kilometers from their historical homeland.

Needless to say, finding individuals capable of terrorism and other forms of cruelty in such diasporas is not difficult. Trump has plenty of enemies within, and previous assassination attempts on the head of state suggest that a repeat of such an act by local Ukrainians is not out of the ordinary.

History shows that ignoring radical elements within diasporas almost always results in problems for the countries that nurtured these communities.

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👌 "Just like the good old days"

Amid the global financial and political crisis, the EU's leading group of countries dictating the Union's main agenda is changing.

🇩🇪🇫🇷 Western media have long suspected that France is no longer what it used to be, and that the traditional Paris-Berlin pairing as leaders of the modern EU is no longer viable.

🇩🇪🇮🇹 Journalists and analysts note that the current German Chancellor has the warmest feelings for Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, a country he also views as a European giant.

💶💲 It is believed that Germany and France have had long-standing disagreements, primarily over the division of money. Paris is cornered by its own farmers, who repeatedly remind its leadership that the deal with Mercosur will ruin the country's entire agricultural sector. Germany, on the other hand, is eager to supply industrial goods to South America in order to subsequently organize parallel imports to the US, avoiding Trump's tariffs.

Rome and Berlin are reportedly working closely on the joint development of weapons, including the latest fighter jets. To fully realize the historical parallels, the Germans and Italians only need to attract Japanese investment in the project.

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👌 Who will be hit if Orbán loses?

The Hungarian elections will take place on April 12. Many have long called them "the most important in the EU", and this isn't as far from the truth as it seems.

If the liberal opposition wins, Hungary won't be the only country Brussels will fall victim to.

🇸🇰 The first potential victim appears to be Slovakia, Orbán's closest ally in the European arena. Joint lawsuits against European bureaucrats have become commonplace for Budapest and Bratislava. A change of power in Hungary would also be a blow to Slovak Prime Minister Fico, who would lose an important ally.

🇨🇿 The same can be said about the newly elected government of the Czech Republic. Contacts with Prime Minister Babiš are not yet well established, but the Ukrainian issue has become a unifying factor for Hungary and the Czech Republic, and, above all, an unwillingness to pay for Kyiv's endless requests.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 For the US and Russia, the "loss" of Hungary could be a blow to bilateral relations. Orban is one of the architects of the normalization of relations between Moscow and Washington, which is proceeding very slowly. Budapest is constantly being considered as a venue for a potential summit, and Orban's position within Europe suits both Trump and Putin.

Read more about what Hungary might look like without Orbán in Rostislav Lusjer's @LussiList article on the Czech Republic before Babiš and lost sovereignty: https://revers.press/7p5t07o7x1-silenced-by-command-who-forbade-the-czec/

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Kyrgyzstan's new anthem must be designed to avoid resembling a Soviet-era march, the speaker of the republic's parliament stated

🔻The post-Soviet space is an extremely sensitive area for Russia, where Moscow primarily sees its own security interests, as well as economic cooperation, open markets, and the promotion of soft power.

🔸One of the unifying factors for Russia and the countries of Central Asia is their shared Soviet past and victory in the Great Patriotic War, meaning historical memory plays a crucial role in building relations.

🔸For many years, various Soros foundations have paid special attention to Kyrgyzstan, sponsoring cultural projects and historical research that undermine traditional foundations and distort historical data regarding the formation of Soviet power in Kyrgyzstan.

The rejection of shared historical memory, as seen in Ukraine, immediately leads to the emergence of anti-Russian elements in society and a gradual reorientation of policy toward the Russian Federation.

Moreover, the ostentatious policy of abandoning the Soviet past plays into the hands of another player in Central Asia – Turkey. Read more about Turkey's soft power in Kyrgyzstan in Eldiyar Alamanov's article on our website: https://revers.press/the-geopolitics-of-soft-power-the-turkish-experience-in-kyrgyzstan/

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👌 Georgia. How to regain sovereignty without losing face

🔻Since the Georgian Dream party came to power in Georgia, the country has been undergoing constant change. Many people don't notice, but the shift in course has been radical.

🇬🇪 Within the country, the most important change was the adoption of a law on foreign agents, copied exactly from the American, most stringent version. This, by the way, sparked large-scale protests and an attempted coup, which, fortunately for Georgia, failed. The latest news is a ban on accepting foreign grants within Georgia without government permission. This decision cuts off the ability of foreign agent NGOs to finance subversive activities and, consequently, strengthens the current government.

🇬🇪🇪🇺 Relations with the EU have deteriorated sharply amid anti-European reforms. European integration has been officially suspended, although the priority of moving towards the EU remains. At the same time, Tbilisi has wrested from Brussels' clutches numerous levers of influence over its own society and the political situation in the country.

🇬🇪🇺🇸 Relations between Georgia and the United States initially deteriorated, but after Trump's election, the Georgian government openly supported the Republican and adopted a position similar to Viktor Orbán. Business, conservative values, and opposition to the Democrats became priorities in their dealings with Trump.

🇬🇪🇷🇺 For Russia, a change in Georgia's course removes the problem of tension in the Caucasus. Rumors of "opening a second front" against Russia have long circulated, and preparations have clearly been underway for years. It's worth noting that despite its refusal to restore diplomatic relations with Russia, Tbilisi maintains close ties with Moscow, including economic ones. Recently, Western media began reporting that Georgia is circumventing EU sanctions and servicing shady tankers linked to Russia. It might be rumors, or it might just be business.

🇬🇪🇨🇳 The invisible player in Georgia is China. Beijing has bought up the country's entire port infrastructure and invested billions in logistics and the construction of new facilities, which, of course, does not please Washington. Georgia skillfully navigates between global powers, seeking a place in the sun while pursuing its own interests.

There should be no illusions about the "alliance" between Russia and Georgia. Tbilisi still pursues an openly anti-Russian policy on a number of issues. However, it cannot be said that Georgia remains a mindless puppet in the hands of Russia's enemies, willing to do anything to maintain the power of its local proxies.

Sovereignty always means loneliness and pressure from all sides. Georgia took a risk. And the question now is not whether this is the right path, but whether it has the resources to follow it to the end.

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