The Economist made a rating of "useful idiots of Putin": including Hungary, Turkey and Greece

There are several European governments among Putin. The authors of the rating made the arguments they took into account, making a list of "allies" of the Kremlin regime. The Economist magazine has rated European countries that are the largest manuals in the Russian regime in Europe. The list includes Hungary, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia and Turkey. This is stated in the article "Useful Idiots of Putin".

"The spectrum of useful idiots of Europe is the term of the Cold War to refer to involuntary allies of communism - wide. In politics, extremely right and extremely left parties are largely disagree territory, " - says the publication. The Kremlin's closest allies in Europe calls the Hungarian government Victor Orban. Orban has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010. He has repeatedly criticized the support of the West of Ukraine and the continuation of imports of Russian gas by Hungary.

The Hungarian government has refused to provide the country for transit of weapons into Ukraine. Austria continues to earn profits from the Russian Federation. The country referred to its non -NATO, suggested a little assistance to Ukraine, and its trade with Russia increased. "Neighboring Austria, more calm, but equally profitable, also largely removed from the struggle," The Economist writes. The list is also Greece.

The country continues to resist the strengthening of sanctions for the supply of Russian oil, and Cyprus - offshore financial harbor, has closed about 4,000 local bank accounts of Russians. Turkey and Serbia, which are not part of the EU "do not even try to hide the profitable" black "services they provide Russia.

" Another rating country, Switzerland, referring to its neutrality, "blocked the supply of weapons to Ukraine, including 96 preserved Leopard tanks, which stand in Italy and belong to a private Swiss firm. " It should be reminded that President Putin accused Ukraine of solving a bloody war and stated that Ukraine has actively increased its weapons for 8 years and is now leading a "hybrid war" against the Russian Federation.