[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/04/europe/hungary-serbia-elections-putin-friends-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/04/europe/hungary-serbia-elections-putin-friends-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html) >"After weeks of failing to divide Europe over his war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin enjoyed two diplomatic victories this weekend. Populists in Hungary and Serbia won elections, providing Putin with a welcome reminder that he still has some friends to his west."