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Watch: Despite War Raging Next Door, Hungary Puts Own Interests First

• 22 Apr 2022 2:54 PM

As countries around the world take sides in Russia's war against Ukraine, one NATO country is raising eyebrows for its refusal to go all in to help its European neighbor.

This month Christian conservative Viktor Orban easily won a third consecutive term as prime minister of Hungary despite a vast political coalition formed against him at home, criticism of his conservative policies by the EU, and public scoldings by Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy that he wasn't doing enough to help Ukraine repel Russia.

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