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Putin reassures Orbán after Hungarian PM seeks his take on pivotal EU decision about billions of euros – updated
Ukraine’s financial reserves could run dry by next spring, potentially forcing a peace deal that’s far from ideal for Kyiv—much sooner than Washington or Budapest might expect. With their own budgets stretched to the breaking point, some EU leaders are itching to tap into Russia’s frozen assets across Europe and beyond. But for many, including Orbán, that would be crossing the Rubicon, inviting swift Russian retaliation. So, the Hungarian PM fired off an unusual letter to the Russian president.
Orbán asked Putin about crucial EU decision about Ukraine
Putin, who attempted to invade Ukraine without a formal declaration of war back in February 2022, duly replied to Orbán. According to 444.hu, he promised to note how each EU member state votes in this weekend’s ballot on the frozen Russian assets. That puts Hungary in a strong position from Moscow’s perspective, as Orbán’s team signalled early and clear: they’ll veto any move to hand those assets to Ukraine.
This time, the PM might not stand alone in Brussels. Not only does his Slovak counterpart oppose using the Russian funds, but Belgium’s Prime Minister, Bart De Wever, is on board too. Most of those assets are locked up in his country, and he’s rightly worried a vote like this could set a dangerous precedent, undermining asset security.
Delaying can be an option
The stakes could go global, though. The EUR 90 billion pot isn’t enough to bail out Ukraine—billions more are needed. Japan, the UK, and Canada might chip in with Russian money to aid Kyiv. Politico warns that the other member states could even override Belgium with a qualified majority vote. It’s legal, but in an EU that preaches unanimity and equal footing for all members on weighty matters, it feels morally shaky.
Portfolio.hu suggests the weekend summit will likely opt for a delaying tactic instead. Expect agreement on the big-picture principles, but the devilish details—where trouble often hides—pushed back to a later date.
UPDATE: Frozen Russian assets not on EU summit’s agenda
Hungary “has won” at the negotiations leading up to the European Union summit: the matter of the frozen Russian assets will not be tabled at the summit on Wednesday, Orbán said in Brussels on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of the leaders of the Patriots for Europe party family.
“The background negotiations were successful,” he said. At the same time, Orbán rejected that Europe should take out a joint loan instead of using Russian assets.
Hungary will not take responsibility for a loan aimed at supporting Ukraine, “and doesn’t think Europe should take that path,” Orbán said. The government will do everything in its power to thwart the proposal, and is looking for allies to do so, Orbán added.
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You can’t get anymore clear in your support for Putin than Orban is doing. Please leave the EU and NATO and officially join your Russian comrades.
I understand the frustration with our Politicians – but please, no. Hungary belongs in NATO and the European Union.
Orbán et al serves himself, his family, friends and toadies. Influence, power and money. Not Hungary.
“Please leave the EU and NATO and officially join your Russian comrades.’
There is no point to leaving the EU, but, to move it from Bruxelles and put it out of Anglo-American hands, and in particular, those whose interests those governments serve.
No, Dear Larry, this is not Orbán’s tact, but, rather, from within to reshape a new EU from within – this along more Confederate and traditional lines that embrace national sovereignty Realpolitik.
And …. with the support of Babis, Meloni, Höckle, Fico, Klickl, Bardella & Le Pen, Hungary’s prime minister seems more and more likely to pull this off.
A summary of documented Russian connections and influence for each politician:
Andrej Babiš (Czech Republic): Has taken mixed positions on Russia. While supporting EU sanctions after Ukraine invasion, he previously advocated for lifting them and maintained business-friendly stance toward Russia. His party received support from pro-Russian disinformation networks during elections.
Giorgia Meloni (Italy): Despite her party’s historically pro-Russian stance, Meloni has positioned herself as strongly pro-Ukraine and pro-NATO since becoming PM, surprising many observers. She has maintained support for sanctions and military aid to Ukraine.
Björn Höcke (Germany, AfD): Leads the most radical wing of AfD, which has extensive documented Russian connections. The party opposes sanctions, spreads Russian narratives about Ukraine, and members have served as election “observers” in occupied territories.
Robert Fico (Slovakia): Openly pro-Russian stance. Halted military aid to Ukraine upon returning to power, opposes sanctions, and promotes Russian narratives about the conflict. Met with Putin in Moscow in December 2024, one of few EU leaders to do so.
Herbert Kickl (Austria, FPÖ): Party has formal cooperation agreement with Putin’s United Russia party (signed 2016). Opposes sanctions, echoes Russian talking points on Ukraine, and maintains close ties with Moscow.
Jordan Bardella/Marine Le Pen (France, National Rally): Party received €9 million loan from Russian bank in 2014. Le Pen met Putin in 2017, praised Russian annexation of Crimea. While distancing somewhat since 2022 invasion, party MPs have voted against most pro-Ukraine measures in European Parliament.
Note: You left out Anglo-Reform UK – Farages enterprise. One long time friend and associate was just convicted of treason:
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nathan-gill-reform-uk-wales-jailed-russia-bribes
For the above Generated Ai post to strike a chord in your heart, you would have to believe …
A. That any political leader who is opposing Bruxelles’s attempt to replace White European peoples on their own lands, is a fatally flawed person.
B. That Russia is bad.
C. That Vladimir Putin is Lucifer, incarnate.
D. That to have any connection to C & D implicate one in a conspiracy of devils.
WHAT IS THE NATURAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED REPLY?
1.Europeans are organizing to remove the current EU, and that is being opposed by the Western Elite, whose interests Bruxelles serves.
2. These Europeans are being supported by Russia, because Russia has a vested interest to see that the current direction of The West, a deviance from sanity, is put on a more traditional basis.
3. The Western Elite is waging another regime-change war on Russia (2 were very successful in the 20th century) but, now Russia has given up it’s most cherished illusion, that it held since 1989, that it will be given a choice to live in peace.
No, Russia now knows that has 2 choices – submit again to The Western Elite, and lose everything, or fight back in the exact same way wars are being waged on it.
CONCLUSION…
This is World War III, though, because of the devastation potential of Nuclear weapons, it is being fought in every other way.
Who is right, and who is wrong?
The West wanted this war, and worked for many years to arrange it, and now they are losing it.
The would-be Putin Regime-changers are, and, indeed, will be Regime-changed, themselves.
Oh no!
A nation belonging to a coalition, that wishes to declare war on a third nation, asks the opinion of the third nation, if they would interpret the act as a war declaration, and if they would start a nuclear war over it.
Such scumbag. Traitor.
Trying to prevent the extinction of humanity…. unbelievable evil.
We all know, that all life on the planet needs to die.
(For the sake of some people with negative IQ, it is obviously a caricature of people hating Orbán for trying to stop the war from escalating.)