From Hungary25 Nov 2025 21:15
I am Hungarian, and live in Budapest, Hungary. I lived here in the 1980s too. It was not as bad as many on the west think. It was liveable (the 1980s in Hungary were great), but financially the system collapsed. Of course, the 1950s were tough in Hungary, then later it became better. Though I do not like current PM Viktor Orban, but think, that his friend, Vladimir Putin has right at several parts regarding the reason of the war, though not at every part. Both Ukraine and Russia has some right here. And both of them made mistakes before the war. It is not true, that Russia wants to attack Europe. I live in Eastern Europe, and clearly feel, that it is not true. Russia has half the population Soviet Union had. But they are still a big country. It would totally be a bad idea from them to attack Europe. But a war is a business, I think, Western countries want the war now, not Russia. I am sorry for writing this