“After 12 years of pressure from the EU and the West, many Hungarians catch themselves thinking that if the West is bad, then there must be truth in what Russia is doing,” he said.

Given President Viktor Orban's portrayal of Western progressivism as dangerous, it's not surprising that "more traditional Russian cultural values" have a "certain appeal" in Hungary, the article says.

Demko noted that the "progressive values" that Orban rejects are also "ridiculed" in Russia.

“Russians speak the old language, when we listen to them, we seem to hear echoes of the past,” the writer added.

Orban has previously noted that Brussels is abusing power in the European Union and imposing its ideology on countries.

According to him, the cultural distance between Brussels and Budapest is increasing.