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The NER's rule was more closed and disciplined than the Kádár regime in the 1980s - this is the conclusion of historian Stefano Bottoni, an expert on Eastern Europe, which we could read in his book, which was recently published in Hungarian. According to him, democracy ended in April 2010, with the birth of the National Cooperation System, but 2018 is the point from which the new regime became irreversibly consolidated. We also ask the author of the publication Obsessed with Power: is it significant that the Russian secret service showed interest in the then young lawyer even before the change of regime? Does he have an answer to the great riddle of Hungarian politics: why did the prime minister break with Atlantic loyalty and become the most powerful European mediator of Russian interests? Watch, read, listen - every Friday morning: https://pentekreggel.hu Support the work of Partizán too! https://csapat.partizanmedia.hu/fundr... Subscribe to the Partizan newsletter: https://csapat.partizanmedia.hu/forms... Learn more about other support options: https://www.partizanmedia.hu/tamogatas Facebook: / partizanpolitika Facebook Chat Group: / partizantarsalgo Instagram: / partizanpolitika TikTok: / partizan_media Partizan RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/partizan-pod... Partizan self-produced podcasts: https://rss.com/podcasts/partizanpodcast