Despite efforts to cancel, a pro-Russian march will be held in Budapest’s Freedom Square
Despite rumours of the pro-Russian march being cancelled by the organisers and Facebook’s attempts to delete the event, the march will still be held, but it will be organised in a different location in Budapest.
The event titled “Let’s express our solidarity with Russia” has stirred up quite a bit of emotion in Hungary as the Ukrainian minority immediately started protesting against the march planned to be held in the Hungarian capital on April 30th.
Great uproar
On paper, the Budapest Police Headquarters found nothing illegal during the inquiry into the permission request for the event and has given it a green light; however, the Ukrainian minority in Hungary, including Jaroszlava Hartyányi, a board member of the Ukrainian World Congress and a former representative of said minority, sent a written protest to the Hungarian Police, 24.hu reported.
In the document, she wrote that Russia launched an aggressive attack against Ukraine on 24 February. Ukrainians have every ground to defend themselves, and they are not attacking Russian cities.
Mrs Hartyányi added that the Russians are committing massacres against Ukrainians on the territories they keep under military control. The whole world protested against it, especially after seeing the mass graves in Bucha.
She highlighted that an unknown person started to organise a pro-Russian protest on Heroes’ Square. However, such an event would compromise both Hungary and Budapest.
“A pro-Russian march in Budapest would compromise the policy of the Hungarian government as well. Moreover, it would destroy Hungary’s solidarity, help, and aid towards Ukraine and the humanitarian support the country sent to the war-stricken country.”
The organisers’ take
In the original Facebook event, which has since been removed, the organisers listed four points as to why they wanted to organise the pro-Russian march:
- We stand with Russia, with the Russian civilians and athletes.
- We condemn war; the USA is responsible for the war.
- We condemn the anti-Russian sanctions of the USA and the EU. Because of the sanctions, Central Europe is becoming devastated, and we are facing a food and energy crisis.
- We are fed up with the lies of the USA, EU, and Ukraine.
They highlighted that they are fed up with the untrue statements of the media, the lies of Ukraine, the USA, and the European Union, adding that such marches already took place in Cyprus and Germany.
The march will be held despite efforts to cancel it
The pro-Russian march was originally planned to be held on Heroes’ Square in Budapest as a mixed procession of pedestrians, bikers, cars, and bicycles and has managed to attract around 2,000 people who were interested in the march and a few hundred who already signalled that they would be present.
One of the organisers is Zoltán P., who has possibly been part of a Russian cyberattack against the Hungarian Ministry of Defence a few years ago, Rtl reports.
Facebook deleted the organisers’ event page on Thursday and, according to one of the organisers called “Háborúmentes Hazugságmentes Tolvajmentes EU-t” (which translates to “for a war-free, lie-free, thief-free EU”), they have lost a total of about 3,000 people who were interested.
They posted that the event is not cancelled and that it will be held on April 30th at 2 p.m. at Szabadság tér (Freedom Square) in district V of Budapest.
Rtl found supporting evidence from the Budapest Police Headquarters that the organisers have not cancelled the event at the assembly authority, in this case the Hungarian police, and that the pro-Russian march is declared to be held on April 30th at the above-mentioned time and place.
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Source: Daily News Hungary, Rtl.hu
And the Pole Bearer will be ???
You don’t need to be a Rhodes Scholar – to get the answer to that question – CORRECT ///
What side of the Russian War against the Ukraine – is Hungary – the Fidesz Government under the Leadership and Prime Minister – Victor Orban ?
Globally – the world waits – for an ANSWER – that contains Factual substance and not “Veiled” from the “Wedged” position of Relationship that exists between the Government of Hungary and Russia.
The global microscope on Hungary – this march of support & agreement by Citizens of Hungary & “others” – another box ticked in a black pen under the name of Hungary.
Don’t attempt – to make arguement, that as a Democracy – the display by citizens – of there position – beliefs and opinion, that they hold – have a right to stage a march, as is the subject of this article.
Hungary – this is WRONG – and continues to DAMAGE the brand name Hungary – Globally.
And yet at the height of the pandemic we were on lockdown with curfews enforced by police and army. Fines handed out if our masks weren’t worn.
If they stand with Russia, then go to Russia. If they’re fed up with all the lies then leave Hungary and listen to the lies the Kremlin gives out. These people must be absolute halfwits. Out of their tiny minds.
Of course this nonsense could be stopped. This isn’t about solidarity, Orbán just doesn’t want to upset his boss Putin.
Quite a contradiction in terms of our PM’s wife having been on a charity mission to Ukraine. Also, for those certain members of Parliament who took Ukrainian refugees into their homes and couldn’t wait to photograph themselves. And donating money too. Surely this can’t sit easy with them. The cynical side of me would say that these events were purely orchestrated for election purposes …….
It’s well documented what the Russians did during the war and in 1956. And yes, my family also have first hand experience of Russian behaviour. Yet here these people are supporting them. Were any of these responsible for defacing the photography exhibition of Ukrainian refugees on the evening of the election I wonder…….
Hungarians have long memories for some things and are very short sighed in others. Perhaps these pro Putin supporters should try living in Russia for a while.
If radio stations can be closed down for lame made up reasons, then this protest can easily be stopped. The question is, why don’t they want to. This isn’t about freedom of speech.
Again, countries will be watching. The V4 is well on its way to becoming V3!
Anonymous give it a rest. We Hungarians enjoy freedom of speech and thought and very much dislike when others try to tell us what to think or to get out. Hungary is now a free country and we no longer can be arrested for disagreeing with the media or government. If you do not like Russia that is your right. The people of Ukraine are victims of their own governments corruption and the US Governments meddling in the affairs of Ukraine. The Russians felt their ethnic Russian neighbours in the Ukraine were threatened and after seeing thousands of them murdered in the Donbas and Lugansk regions by the Ukrainian Azov battalion they decided to put an end to it. The media is not telling the truth about the war.
Those who want war never fought one
Those who fought war never want one
@juhasz Peter
Interesting opinion. You’re right, the Hungarian media is not telling the truth about the war