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Chris Michael and agencies

Putin and Orbán voice support for Trump as allies respect US legal process

Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban
Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán in Budapest, Hungary, on 30 October 2019. Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters

Reaction from world leaders to the decision from a 12-person jury in New York that the former US president Donald Trump was guilty of a crime came swiftly, though in somewhat muted terms.

Several leaders whose style has been described as autocratic in leaning came out in support of Trump, who has often expressed admiration for strongmen leaders and claimed if elected he would rule as a dictator for one day.

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