Serious accusations in Budapest: Viktor Orbán, suspected of having asked for the support of Russian espionage to win the elections
Hungary's opposition leader, Peter Magyar, accuses Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of inviting Russian secret service agents to Budapest to influence parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. The statements were made public by party leader Tisza and reported by The Moscow Times.
Orbán, suspected of asking for the support of Russian espionage to win the elections PHOTO: Profimedia
Magyar, 44 and considered the favorite in the polls for the position of prime minister, claims that agents of Russia's secret military service, the GRU, are already in the Hungarian capital. In a message published on Facebook, the opposition leader states that Russian agents would have the mission to influence the outcome of the elections.
“Since János Kádár, Viktor Orbán is the first (Hungarian head of state – no) to invite the Russians to our country. We demand an immediate end to external interference in Hungarian elections! According to information from several sources, agents of the Russian military secret service (GRU) arrived in Budapest a few weeks agowith the aim and mission of influencing the outcome of the Hungarian elections. They did the same thing in Moldova”.
Magyar claims that the situation is unprecedented and asks the prime minister to immediately stop this action and expel the Russian agents in the country under diplomatic cover.
“It is completely unprecedented as a government on the brink of collapse to want to influence the Hungarian elections by foreign interference for their own benefit. I ask Viktor Orbán to immediately stop the action and expel the Russian secret agents who arrived here in Hungary under diplomatic cover.”
The opposition leader also stated that Hungary must remain a reliable partner for Western allies.
“Hungary needs a leadership that will not expose the country to any threat from the East, whether it comes from Putin or Zelenski. It is in the national interest that Hungary remains a stable, predictable partner that is trusted by its allies.”
Reference to the 1956 uprising and call for vote
In his message, Peter Magyar also referred to the anti-communist uprising of 1956, suppressed by Soviet troops, urging Hungarians to go to the polls.
“Hungarians will not sit idly by while Viktor Orbán calls the Russians to us. Every Hungarian who loves his country must go to the polls on April 12, so that Orbán and the Russians can see the will of the Hungarians right from the moon. Long live free, independent and European Hungary! Russians, go home!”
At an election rally organized in the city of Pécs, in front of about ten thousand people, Magyar said that the current election campaign is a “unprecedented brutality” and urged voters to remain vigilant.
“If there is a false flag operation, if a blue-yellow drone appears (national colors of Ukraine – no), ask who this is for.”
The politician suggested that the Hungarian prime minister might try to cause an incident and blame Ukraine to scare voters before the election. He also compared Viktor Orbán to former communist leader János Kádár, who ruled Hungary from 1956 to 1988.
