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Szijjártó-Lavrov leaked phone call: EU, NATO leaders shocked by deferential tone, “bizarre” relationship
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Yesterday, results from a joint investigation by multiple investigative media outlets revealed the close relationship between the Russian and Hungarian foreign ministers, Lavrov and Szijjártó. It appears that the Hungarian government tried to help Russian oligarchs, the Russian shadow fleet, and even some Russian companies, while torpedoing EU sanctions. EU and NATO leaders were shocked to read the news.
Is Hungary carrying out Russia’s bidding?
As we wrote yesterday, a phone call between Szijjártó and Lavrov was revealed in which Szijjártó offered his help in the case of a Russian oligarch’s sister affected by EU sanctions, using a subservient tone. Further audio recordings of their phone calls, not disclosed yesterday, revealed how the Hungarian foreign minister tried to help the Russian shadow fleet evade EU sanctions and tried to remove Russian oligarchs and companies from the sanctions list.
The Telegraph wrote that the report – “published by The Insider, an independent Russian media outlet, along with four regional media organisations – VSquare, Delfi, FrontStory and the Investigative Centre of Ján Kuciak – has added to the growing sense that Hungary is working from within the bloc to carry out Russia’s bidding.”
Szijjártó deferential; his actions deeply disturbing
Polish Premier Donald Tusk held a press conference yesterday with Irish PM Micheál Martin and described the news as disheartening and deeply disturbing. “What these recordings have revealed is more than just the political dependency of the Budapest government on Moscow; it has exposed just how unacceptable and bizarre this relationship truly is,” he added. Tusk is a fierce critic of PM Orbán due to his stance towards Zelenskyy and Putin.
Ireland’s prime minister described it as a sinister development and categorised the tone of the conversation between Szijjártó and Lavrov as deferential and unacceptable.
Ukraine credit blocked by Orbán
Currently, the Hungarian government is blocking an EU credit package worth €90 billion for Ukraine in response to Ukraine’s decision to halt deliveries of energy resources via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia. Previously, a Druzhba oil pumping station was destroyed by Russian attacks, so Ukraine says it will take time to rebuild it.
Reacting to yesterday’s published article, Szijjártó said there was nothing new under the sun; he had only told Lavrov what he had told the public: Hungary does not agree with the sanctions because they harm the EU more than Russia. He did not explain why he helped, for example, Russian companies linked to the Russian shadow fleet to be exempted from EU sanctions.
If you missed our previous articles concerning the Russia-Hungary relationship:
- Putin may trigger a global food crisis with his latest move hitting Hungary hard despite “friendship”
- Can Hungary lose NATO, EU membership due to its ‘too close’ Russia ties?
Send the Fidesz traitors to jail!
Missing Moutons “everybody does it” comment (hint – no – it is highly unusual for a minister of a democratic bloc to offer personal assistance to an adversary’s oligarchs or shadow fleets).
Set Mouton’s “everybody does it” to Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual”. “It’s not unusual to make corrupt deals. It’s not unusual to grease a few wheels. It’s not unusual when I take those EU funds away to see you cry! Fidesz makes chumps to wanna die.”
I wish that corruption were not so common, Dear Norbert and Larry, yet, in my country, the corporations, and their hirelings in government do a pretty good job of dominating every agenda.
I do not think we, in the U.S., are special, anymore than I think it is surprising that Magyar Péter lives in a little mansion, in the same neighbourhood as Orbán – this when he has never had more financial success in the private sector than being a lower mid-level worker in a bank.
Just Magyar’s insider trading habits, as testified to numerous times by Vogel Evelyn, confirm this reality.
If he does wind up as Prime Minister, corruption in Hungary will not stop, it will just wind up in different hands – IF he can actually pry away from Fidesz their holdings over a may aspects of Hungarian society.
Mi Hazánk and Toroczkai László are the only ones in this election that can demonstrate to the Hungarian voter that they do not, nor ever have had, their fingers in the cookie jar.
Szijjarto now does not deny what he said to Lavrov but instead complains that foreign secret services were wiretapping his calls. Thank God that they wiretapped Szijjarto because Hungarians now have the proof they need to know without a doubt that he is a traitorous Russian stooge. The truth needs to come out about how Fidesz has been doing Russia’s bidding. The great quote is Szijjarto telling Lavrov “I am at your disposal” like a true lackey.
‘Thank God that they wiretapped Szijjártó.’
Because everything communication, of every sort, is ‘tapped’, Dear Larry, I have to think that Foreign Minister Szijártó did not think anything he was saying or doing was something immoral, shocking, or indiscreet.
However, because of The Western Elite’s constant preying upon the Hungarian Mind, scarred by the period of 1919-1991, to regard everything Russian as anathema, that was a serious political mistake.
This is a really a test of Hungarian Intelligence and Counter-intelligence services, and, as well, their allies, The FSB.
Either they produce a barrage of extremely embarrasing correspondences by Magyar to his unHungarian Western Elite handlers, to immediately demonstrate to The Hungarian voters what Tisza really is, or they, Fidesz, run a large risk of losing this election, and, therefore, what little sovereignty Hungary has enjoyed, since the fall of Kadar.
For reasons I will not state,, I know that the Hungarian and Russian Intelligence services have all this information, not only on Magyar and Tisza, but even on their pets.
Fidesz must immediately weaponize this information and make voting for Magyar so unpallatteable that only committed Hungarian Leftists will show up to vote for him.
At this point, this is the only way to stop The Western Elite regime-change operation on Hungary.