Watch: "Hungary Has Paid a High Price for War in Ukraine", Says FM on CNN
- 9 May 2023 2:22 PM
Source: Quest Means Business
Source: Quest Means Business
A new case of collusion graver than ever before has come to light with the eruption of the Tisza spy agent scandal, "which clearly proves that preparations are under way" for a pro-Ukraine "agent government", the parliamentary state secretary of the Prime Minister's Office said on Tuesday.
In the course of its investigation into political pressure and disinformation campaigns in Hungary, the Sovereignty Protection Office has identified journalist Szabolcs Panyi as a "network agent financed and directed by persons with Democratic Party ties in the European Commission and the United States," the office said in a statement on Tuesday.
Hungary’s government has launched an investigation following claims that Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó may have been targeted in a surveillance operation involving foreign intelligence services and a Hungarian journalist.
The Kremlin has endorsed a covert influence operation aimed at bolstering Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán ahead of April’s parliamentary elections, according to reporting by the Financial Times on 11 March 2026.
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