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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d8...fb1d2ab95#post
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Orbán has led Hungary almost unchallenged for 16 years.
A short while ago, he rang his rival Péter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza Party, to concede.
He congratulated him on his victory and then, surrounded by gloomy-faced leading members of his party Fidesz, he announced his party’s defeat to his supporters.
On the other side of the River Danube in Tisza headquarters, party workers hugged each other, while the crowds on the shore of the river began to celebrate.
The margin of victory looks huge - big enough to secure a two-thirds majority in the new parliament for Tisza.
This is an astonishing victory for a centre-right party only founded two years ago and a serious blow to national populists - not just here in Hungary, but across Europe.
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Why is thus relevant to the Russia-Ukraine war?
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Moscow’s interest in the Hungarian elections has been evident, with Viktor Orbán the only EU leader who systematically blocks sanctions and military aid to Ukraine, as well as supports gas deals with Russia.
Before the elections, Bloomberg published a transcript of a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orbán from October 2025.
In it, Orbán reportedly compared himself to a mouse that saves a lion, after which the lion does not kill it.
Orbán also reportedly assured Putin that on any issue where he could be useful “I am at your service”.
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https://news.sky.com/story/eus-aid-t...ocked-13522031
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Hungary is blocking the European Union from providing Ukraine with a loan to help its war effort.
Viktor Orban, the right-wing prime minister in Budapest, has been a constant critic of the bloc's commitment to supporting Kyiv and is seen as one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies in Europe.
His country is a member of the EU, and he has been accused of undermining the bloc's position on the war.
Brussels agreed a deal worth €90bn in December to help Kyiv keep fighting for up to two more years, but Mr Orban is blocking the money from being provided.
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