Orban government asked Russia to help influence Slovakia’s election, report says
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Orban government asked Russia to help influence Slovakia’s election, report says
A political scandal has erupted in Hungary over the possible wiretapping of government ministers, as well as the publication of details from a conversation between Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. After reports emerged about Szijjártó’s contacts with Russians, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered an investigation into the possible surveillance of a Hungarian government member by foreign intelli…
The Head of Government of Slovakia sees no surprise in the fact that the Hungarian Foreign Minister helped organize a visit by Pellegrini to Moscow.
On Monday, Szabolcs Panyi released a transcript of a phone conversation between Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In it, Szijjártó asks Lavrov to push back the election campaign of Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini by inviting him to Moscow – in other words, the Hungarian foreign minister asks his Russian partner to interfere in the election of a third country. (By the way, Panyi wrote about this two years ago.) Th…
The Prime Minister of Slovakia stated that he had not seen any evidence of communication between the Head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sergei Lavrov.
1. A great Hungarian-Russian anti-Slovak conspiracy. 2. Pellegrini made a statement, but missed the point. 3 The PS acted correctly, the timing is questionable.
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