Orbán’s Russia scandal continues? Fidesz party director’s son talks with Russian diplomat linked to secret services

Marcell Kubatov, son of Gábor Kubatov, the party director of Orbán’s Fidesz, welcomed a Russian diplomat linked to the secret services at the Foreign Ministry. Marcell Kubatov heads the international organisations department in the ministry.

According to 444.hu, Kubatov Jr has worked at the Foreign Ministry for years. The media outlet reports that he welcomed Irina Serkovka and Pavel Cvetov from the Russian embassy on 14 April—two days after the devastating defeat of PM Orbán in the Sunday general election.

Cvetov is a rank 1 secretary at the Budapest embassy and was identified by the Russian investigative media outlet Agentsvo as a diplomat linked to the Russian secret services. He previously worked for a company from which secret service agents were paid. According to Agentsvo, at least 15 of the 47 employees at the Russian embassy can be linked to Putin’s secret services, with an additional six presumed to have intelligence connections.

Telex notes that embassies worldwide serve as facilities for intelligence gathering, so many secret service agents work undercover as diplomats. This is why countries generally expel each other’s diplomats when tensions rise.

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Featured image: illustration. Péter Szijjártó with the first deputy of the Russian energy minister Pavel Sorokin. Source: Facebook/Szijjártó Péter.