PositiveThe Washington PostIn this comprehensive study, Lendvai offers a detailed account of when and how Orban changed his spots over the years. He shows that Orban was an anti-Soviet radical in the 1980s, a strong critic of Russia for two decades, before becoming Vladimir Putin’s advance man in the E.U. in the past 10 years or so ... Lendvai’s fair-minded book is a reminder that the lobbyists’ claims about Orban’s democratic credentials and his goodwill toward the United States are fake news ... As Lendvai makes it clear, he [Orban] should be taken seriously.
