Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has urged Russia to refrain from interfering in Hungary’s parliamentary elections after reports alleged that the Kremlin had deployed a covert team in Budapest to help keep Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in power. Moscow has denied the claims.
Hungary is due to vote on 12 April in an election widely viewed as the most serious challenge to Orbán’s rule since he first took office in 2010. Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party, is currently ahead in opinion polls.
The allegations emerged in a report by investigative outlet VSquare, which claimed that Russia sent a three-person team operating under diplomatic cover at the Russian embassy in Budapest. The group is reportedly led by Vadim Titov and tasked with influencing the election in Orbán’s favour.
The report also said the operation is overseen from Moscow by senior Kremlin official Sergei Kiriyenko, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin.
via Reuters
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