Ákos Keller-Alánt

Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

The Kremlin has launched a disinformation campaign aimed at helping Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orbán get re-elected next month, according to people familiar with the matter. @financialtimes.com writes

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Alig tért haza Putyintól Szijjártó, már megy is tüntetni Ukrajna ellen Moszkvából Budapestre, a Kremlből az Ukrán Nagykövetség elé vezet a magyar külügyminiszter útja.

🇷🇺 🇭🇺After meeting with #Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, #Hungarian MFA Péter Szijjártó speaks at an anti-Ukrainian demonstration on Friday. 444.hu/2026/03/05/a...

UPDATE: Szijjártó met with Denis Manturov,
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Sergej Lavrov MFA

#Hungarian FM Szijjártó heads to Moscow to meet with #Putin on "Ukraine's blockade of Druzhba pipeline oil supplies to Hungary & Slovakia" framed as "political blackmail amid escalating tensions" In reality Russia has bombed the pipeline 444.hu/2026/03/04/s...

Most recent poll in #Hungary: Tisza 55%, Fidesz 35%
Tisza leads ruling Fidesz by 11 pts among the total population, and by 20 pts among certain voters
Oppo. voters are more determined: 97% of Tisza sympathizers are sure to vote, vs. just 85% of Fidesz supporters - by Median hvg.hu/360/20260225...

By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orban | CNN Business Hungary is buying Russian oil despite alternative supplies being available, according to a report that accuses Budapest of failing to pass down to consumers the savings it makes from buying cheap Russ...

By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orbán
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Orbán bejelentette, hogy a héten Washingtonba megy a Béketanács alapító ülésére, Rubio pedig kampánybeszédet tartott Orbán mellett Közös sajtótájékoztatót tartott a magyar miniszterelnök és az amerikai külügyminiszter.

Marco #Rubio just all but endorsed Orbán in Budapest – calling #Hungary’s success a US interest, and framing #Orban's victory as Trump’s victory too, right before a tight Hungarian election. Orbán, announced he’s flying to WashingtonDC this week 444.hu/2026/02/16/o...

EU tones down criticism of Viktor Orbán ahead of election European Commission wary of giving longtime Brussels antagonist ammunition during campaign

Financial Times: The European Commission is toning down its criticism of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and might even disburse fresh EU funds to his illiberal government ahead of elections that threaten to unseat the bloc’s longest-serving prime minister. www.ft.com/content/8625...

Ahead of Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - Mérték Mertek Media Monitor in collaboration with the Rule of Law Lab at New York University School of Law, issued a report documenting the Hungarian government’s systematic efforts to repress independent me...

Ahead of #Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - by @mertekmonitor.bsky.social and Rule of Law Lab at @nyulaw.bsky.social
#pressfreedom
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Rubio to visit Hungary as it speeds toward closely fought election The top U.S. diplomat’s visit to Budapest has added significance with populist-nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán struggling in pre-election polls.

US Secretary of State Marco #Rubio is heading to Hungary just days after President #Trump’s public endorsement of Viktor #Orbán, ahead of #Hungary’s high-stakes April 12 election www.politico.eu/article/marc...

A „NER és a jogállam összeegyeztethetlen egymással” – negyedik éve Magyarország az EU legkorruptabb országa Soha ilyen rossz nem volt a korrupciós helyzet Magyarországon, mint most – derül ki a Transparency International felméréséből. Ennek fő oka szerintük, hogy a kormány elsődleges célja a hatalmának fenn...

#Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU, it has scored its lowest pont ever in @transparency-eu.bsky.social Transparency International's Corruption Preception Index, rankinkg at 84 of 182 444.hu/2026/02/10/a...

Még tovább tudott lassulni, pocsék évet zárt a magyar gazdaság A repülőrajtból csupán 0,3 százalékos éves növekedés lett, ami jócskán elmaradt a kormányzati várakozásoktól és az előző évitől is. Az ipar rettenetes állapotban van. A ma közölt GDP-adat azt jelenti,...

#Hungary's economy eked out a meager 0.3% GDP growth for 2025, Q4 saw just 0.5%. Govt hoped for 3.2%, analysts nailed the dismal reality.
Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance.
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Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban Gergely Karácsony urged people to take to streets in June in pushback against Orbán government’s attack on rights

Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban - Ruling Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán, backed legislation that created a legal basis for Pride to be banned, citing a widely criticised need to protect children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to Hungary's MOL would benefit Russia, Lavrov says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a deal for Hungary's MOL to acquire a stake in Serbian oil refiner NIS would be beneficial for Russia.

Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to #Hungary's MOL would benefit #Russia, Lavrov says
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A szerbek bejelentették, hogy a Mol veszi meg a NIS-t az oroszoktól A tulajdon egy része az Egyesült Arab Emírségekbe kerül, és Szerbia is növelte a részesedését.

BREAKING: #Hungary’s MOL is taking over #Russia’s 56% stake in #Serbian oil company NIS. Serbia ups its shares, part of the ownership heading to the #UAE
US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit
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Orbán invited to Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza The Hungarian PM said that they have of course, accepted "this honourable invitation".

#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza. Orban commented “We have, of course, accepted this honourable invitation"
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Orban Challenger Taps Former Shell Manager as Economic Adviser Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supp...

#Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager, Istvan Kapitany as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supplies away from Russia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Young, attractive, fans of football, Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook We identified a network of nearly one hundred Facebook profiles whose members live in an AI generated reality and systematically spread content that supports the governing party.

AI-driven fake profiles in the #Hungarian campaign - Young, attractive, fans of football, #Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook
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Jordan Conradson🇺🇸 on X: "BREAKING: @KariLake put Congress on notice today that she is ending the tax-funded European Union and globalist mouthpiece Szabad Europa, the Hungarian Language Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is attacking and trying to destabilize Hungary’s nationalist https://t.co/6zh1WQyZ1T" / X BREAKING: @KariLake put Congress on notice today that she is ending the tax-funded European Union and globalist mouthpiece Szabad Europa, the Hungarian Language Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is attacking and trying to destabilize Hungary’s nationalist https://t.co/6zh1WQyZ1T

USAGM wants to terminate the financing of
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...

Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections

Viktor Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections

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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the #Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai,
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025

Hungary bans 12 Ukrainian media outlets Hungary blocked 12 Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas sa...

#Hungary blocks 12 #Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said kyivindependent.com/hungary-bans...

Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand Foreign minister says getting energy supplies elsewhere is a ‘nice dream’ while describing western European officials as ‘fanatics’

🇭🇺 Hungary will not wean itself off 🇷🇺 Russian energy supplies, MFA Szijjarto says, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil.

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Hungary and Slovakia must quit Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

#Hungary and #Slovakia must quit #Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns - “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. www.politico.eu/article/hung...

Hungary bans Ukrainian commander who led attack on Friendship oil pipeline from entering Hungary and Schengen area The announcement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his social media page.

#Hungarian government has banned the commander of the #Ukrainian military unit that carried out the latest attack on the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline from Hungary and the Schengen area, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday morning
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Hungary bans rap group Kneecap ahead of Sziget Festival show Hungarian authorities have banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country to perform at the Sziget Festival, accusing the band of using antisemitic hate speech and praising the Hamas militant group, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.

#Hungarian govt banned KNEECAP from entering Hungary because of their "antisemitic hate speech". Tha band would have performed at one of Europe's biggest festival, Sziget www.reuters.com/en/hungary-b...

Sergey Lavrov Gave an Exclusive Interview to Magyar Nemzet We interviewed Sergei Lavrov, the leading diplomat of one of the most heavily sanctioned major powers, on the war in Ukraine and Hungarian–Russian bilateral relations.

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Szergej Lavrov: Oroszország nyitott a konfliktus diplomáciai megoldására Szergej Lavrov orosz külügyminiszter exkluzív interjút adott a Magyar Nemzetnek

🇷🇺 Lavrov says Russia is open to a diplomatic solution in 🇺🇦 Ukraine — but only on its terms: Ukraine must be neutral
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
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Denmark pushes to suspend Hungary’s EU voting rights Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.

#Denmark pushes to suspend #Hungary’s #EU voting rights
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
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#EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the #Orbán
Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary

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