Ukrainian spy scandal in Hungary: Péter Magyar says that the detained “spy”, Holló, was in PM Orbán’s inner circles
Péter Magyar, the challenger of PM Viktor Orbán in the 2026 general elections, wrote that the final countdown for Orbán has started. He said that although the propaganda outlets of the Orbán regime tried to drag his Tisza Party into the so-called espionage scandal, István Holló, an alleged Ukrainian spy, was in PM Orbán’s inner circles, having joint businesses with a former Fidesz MP.
Ukrainian ‘spy’ did business with Fidesz-circles
According to the post Magyar shared, István Holló, a Ukrainian national accused of espionage who was arrested by the Hungarian authorities yesterday, was in Orbán’s inner circles doing business with, for example, a former Fidesz MP, András Kupper. Magyar said Holló had joint businesses (Rayrai and Steriflow Ltd.) with Kupper and his father, the “master of the Budapest parking business”.
Magyar said László Tasnádi, a secretary of the Hungarian interior ministry, can also be connected to those companies. According to the ex-husband of Former Justice Minister Judit Varga, Holló did business until September 2024 with the elite of Orbán’s System of National Cooperation (NER).
Magyar highlighted that Tasnádi started to liquidate his billion-forint corporate interests in the autumn of 2024. Szabad Európa wrote that Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, does the same with his and his family’s corporate interests.
Magyar said the Ukrainian espionage scandal is part of a vendetta inside the “Fidesz mafia”. That is how the Orbán dynasty would like to decrease the value of the fortunes they want to take over, he concluded.
Hungarian governmental money in George Simion’s campaign?
As we wrote HERE, Orbán’s endorsement towards anti-Hungarian Romanian presidential candidate George Simion caused disturbance and uproar among the Transylvanian Hungarians. Even RMDSZ’s, the strongest local Hungarian party’s, head, Hunor Kelemen, acknowledged the confusion of the Transylvanian Hungarians. Experts say that Orbán needed that to win a possible ally in the European Council (although Simion lost). Officially, however, it was just an oral endorsement.
But according to Szeretlek Magyarország, Péter Magyar says Fidesz-close organisations supported Simion’s campaign with money, which is far more than anybody could think about concerning the suspected “alliance” of the Hungarian prime minister and the dedicated anti-Hungarian presidential candidate.
Interestingly, Orbán or the Hungarian government did not protest against leaflets Simion distributed in Szeklerland (populated by Hungarians in Romania) showing him and Orbán together and encouraging locals to vote for Simion. FM Szijjártó defended his boss on Wednesday, calling Orbán’s decision the right thing.
Magyar is heading to Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) on foot to protest against the prime minister’s endorsement. He said they were in contact with multiple Romanian politicians and would like Hunor Kelemen to be present upon arrival in the city.
Nagyvárad is a symbolic city of the Hungarians, although the Peace Treaty of Trianon (1920) and Paris (1947) tore it away from Hungary.
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