Shishov Nikita Yurievich – independent researcher, Budapest, Hungary.
Against the background of the global financial (2008–2009) and migration (2014–2015) crises, far-right parties and movements in Central Europe are rapidly institutionalising, gaining popularity. Of particular interest in this context are the Hungarian movement «For a Better Hungary» (Jobbik Party), «Kotlebists – People’s Party Our Slovakia», the Czech movement «Freedom and Direct Democracy». However, while the programmatic theses of these movements concerning domestic policy (primarily, defending the idea of a purely monoethnic states, supporting traditional values and protecting state sovereignty) have been sufficiently well analysed in the scientific literature, their foreign policy ideas were mostly considered through media headlines, which have uniformly branded right-wing radical parties and movements as «fifth columnists» and «agents of the Kremlin». Did during the period under study the leading right-wing forces in Central Europe really call for withdrawal from the European Union and NATO and sought to establish close political, diplomatic and cultural relations with Russia? The purpose of this article is to provide answers to those questions. Among the Central European states, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were chosen as research objects, as countries whose historical identities, values and cultures were determined, among other things, by mutual influence on each other.
movement «For a Better Hungary» (Jobbik Party), «Kotlebists – People’s Party Our Slovakia», movement «Freedom and Direct Democracy», right-wing parties, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Visegrad Group.
Download text