At 3 p.m., Putin will be driven to the Soviet military plot of the Fiumei út cemetery where he will lay a wreath in the presence of Russian journalists only.

Some 140,000-220,000 Russian soldiers were killed in action on Hungarian territory in 1944-45, of whom 7,280 are buried on a 1.5-hectare area in the cemetery.

Putin will sign agreements with Viktor Orbán in Parliament at 4:45 ahead of a joint press briefing at 5 p.m.

He will then meet President János Áder at 6.30 p.m. at the Sándor Palace.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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