Why are we writing about this?
Viktor Orban has maintained good contacts with Putin for about ten years. He did not break them even after the Russian aggression against Ukraine began. In recent years, he has blocked new EU sanctions against Russia – e.g. a full oil embargo or planned restrictions against Patriarch Kirill. He also visited Putin in Moscow.
What did Orban say about Russia and Putin?
On Saturday, the Hungarian Prime Minister spoke about Vladimir Putin and Russia itself. — I do not rule out that the Russians have various territorial ambitions. We can't look into anyone's head. And there's no point in trying to look into the heads of KGB-trained people; It just doesn't work, he declared. He also added that “we must accept that NATO and the European Union cannot reach directly into Russia's borders, because the Russians will always respond with war.”
What did Orban write about Ukraine?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is critical of Ukraine. On Friday, he said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had “crossed the line” by criticizing “all European leaders.” Orban also admitted that he does not believe that any Hungarian parliament will accept Ukraine's presence in the EU in the next hundred years.
“There is nothing new in the fact that, in the face of the upcoming elections in Hungary, (Zelensky) has again targeted the Hungarian government, as well as me personally. What is surprising is that in his speech he also criticized all other European leaders. He claims that support for Ukraine is insufficient, weapons are insufficient, European determination is insufficient,” wrote the Hungarian prime minister on X.
How long has Orban been in contact with Putin?
What does Orban think about Russia's territorial ambitions?
Why does Orban criticize Ukraine?
What sanctions did Orban block in the EU against Russia?
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