An interesting take on Orban’s loss came from a Russian commentator. The commentator said that one reason Orban lost was because he’d been in power 16 years and the public was just tired of him. Putin has been in power in one form or another for 26 years.
“”””” Putin has been in power in one form or another for 26 years.”””””
It is that “in one form or another” that demonstrates to me just how extraordinarily powerful and brutal Putin is, he doesn’t even always need the office or the title, he just rules.