Yes, same is going on in Hungary for more than a decade:

• we are useful to putin only if we are inside the eu, and they know it
• economy is so much dependent on other eu countries that it would cost them way more than to the brits, state bankruptcy is very likely after an exit
• “Brussel” is a very convenient nonexistant enemy, if something wrong happens they can just say “it was of brussel’s spite”
• eu funds are easy to steal, and general population doesn’t even notice, the current decline of Orbán’s popularity started when eu funds were frozen, the same cronies still need a lot of money, and as there are no eu support normal taxpayer money have to be stolen, now everyome feels that