In connection with the 60th anniversary of the 1956 revolution and freedom fight, Havas told Russian state media that the revolution had been a “provocation” by followers of Miklós Horthy, Hungary’s regent between 1920 and 1944, in the course of which they had gone “door to door looking for communists and Jews”.

Havas faces a possible prison term of up to three years if she is found guilty.

The Socialist Party has launched a disciplinary procedure against Havas concerning her statements.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.