"Hello Sergey!" A consortium of investigative outlets obtained transcripts and audio of calls between Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó, Sergey Lavrov, and other Russian officials, showing how Hungary—and Slovakia—secretly act on the Kremlin’s behalf.
The hotline between Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov provided Russia with strategic information on critical EU issues.
💥In multiple phone calls, Hungary’s foreign minister provided his Russian counterpart with strategic information on critical EU issues and coordinated efforts to delist sanctioned companies, banks, and oligarchs’ relatives. @vsquare.bsky.social @occrp.org
💥Not how one wants to be featured in the @nytimes.com, but I’m glad a US audience sees what’s happening in this small country’s wild election campaign. As with other Orbán-related news, here's my warning to US colleagues: Orbán's actions still serve as a blueprint for Trump/MAGA.
💥INVESTIGATION: Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost at home, but his online campaign machine gave foreign help to Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now powering Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.
🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: A Russian sect is quietly spreading across Europe, promoting an anti-democratic, antisemitic and patriarchal ideology personally backed by Vladimir Putin. In Poland, its leader pushes pro-Kremlin propaganda. @VSquare_Project
🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.
🔎NEW INVESTIGATION: The hotline between FM Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov gives Russia strategic insight into key EU matters. Evidence, including a leaked phone call recording shows Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin, pushing to delist sanctioned Russians, with Slovak support.
🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.
💥Minority Hungarian and Slovak communities in Serbia’s northern Vojvodina region describe growing political pressure, shrinking autonomy and a quiet exodus of youth.
💥Now that we’ve released the first part of our joint investigation into Péter Szijjártó’s collusion with Russia, I hope it’s clearer why Orbán’s government tried to preemptively discredit me with bogus espionage allegations.
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The hotline between Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov provided Russia with strategic information on critical EU issues.
As protests continue to shake Serbia, minority Hungarian and Slovak communities in the country’s northern Vojvodina region describe growing political pressure, shrinking autonomy and a quiet exodus of youth.
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They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.
The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.
Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against Magyar and how this caused tensions within the government.
In multiple phone calls, Hungary’s foreign minister provided his Russian counterpart with strategic information on critical EU issues and coordinated efforts to delist sanctioned companies, banks, and...
Szabolcs Panyi tells POLITICO that Budapest’s accusations are “meant to psychologically pressure me and shatter my credibility,” in the wake of his reporting on secret talks between Pét…
