a temporary political move, it will be worth watching, because until now hungary, specifically viktor orbánts leader, has been consistent, in relation to ukraine in only one way, in obstruction. the european union's support for ukraine since russia attacked ukraine. so, if we talk about orban's leadership in the eu council, yes, a person who constantly opposes eu aid to ukraine, as you already said, can he somehow personally negatively affect the further provision of this aid? in fact, not at all, certainly within the next six months. no, and this is an interesting and important moment for ukraine in this story, because, well, actually, eu leaders, some of which, as well as the diplomats of the european union, recognize. on the record that sometimes it is even difficult for them to motivate themselves to shake viktor orban's hand, they were preparing for the fact that from july of this year viktor orban will head the eu council, and key decisions regarding military aid, regarding support for ukraine in general and the start of negotiations on ukraine's accession to of the european union, de

so why viktor orban?me rather unexpectedly. to ukraine, what he wanted, what he could talk about and what might be hidden behind his visit, vasyl and i will talk about this and other things with dmytro tuzhansky, director of the institute of central european strategy, who joined us on skype, mr. dmytro, i congratulate you , glory to ukraine , glory to the heroes, good evening, thank you for joining us today, i am sure that you have already repeatedly answered these questions about this visit of viktor orban to... to ukraine and answered specifically in particular, to the question of why he came right now, on the second day after the transition of the presidency of the european union to him, after he repeatedly said that there are many unresolved issues between ukraine and hungary, in particular, they are related to the hungarian a minority in transcarpathia, and now he is coming, the topic of the russian war. is on the agenda of the negotiations, there is a topic of bilateral relations, but it seems to me

dmytro, could viktor orban come as a mediator?iktor orbán would very much like to be a mediator, but fortunately for us he cannot be one, this is a good sign, because viktor orbán is not the right politician, no offense, hungary is not the right country. the budapest memorandum has a bad reputation, to sign something else in budapest, similar. here it is in the end... viktor orban is not ready, he knows bad ukraine, he does not feel it, he has one, he is loyal to russia, that is, it does not mean that he does not understand that russia is committing genocide in ukraine and so on, although he does not admit it publicly, but everything is the same, that is, viktor orban is an intermediary, why he came, yes, in fact, this visit was prepared for a long time, it was discussed in various formats, volodymyr'. invited viktor orban to ukraine at least twice in the last year and a half, in the last year. viktor orban persistently avoided a visit to ukraine, generally avoided full meetings with volodymyr zelenskyi. zelensky hunted him politi

such assistant to the president of the russian federation, viktor orban, did not convey messages from to putin, and he also states that russia perceives orban on trips to moscow as the prime minister of hungary, but no one removed his powers as chairman of the council of the european union. and also on the details of the negotiations, which at this moment throughout appearances continue, let me remind you that any minute we are expecting statements from russian president vladimir putin and the leader of hungary. viktor orban’s statement to the press, well , details also appear with reference to dmitry peskov, that russia highly values ​​orban’s desire to take into account the positions of both sides of the conflict, to compare the positions of both sides of the conflict. and also our colleague pavel zarubin, the author of the host of the moscow kremlin putin program, who is in the kremlin, now has a new video, behind the scenes, like sergei lavrova. the minister of foreign affairs was literally attacked by western journalists, asking him some questions on the sidelines in anticipation

, well, but you see, viktor orban defeated him in 18, viktor orban defeated peter marquisoy himself invasion helped him , and now there is such an unknown peter madir, who, apart from saying that he is some kind of tyrant, a narcissist. and it is not clear who, while nothing can be blamed on him, and you see, this one, he meets the expectations of society, that the system is rotten, system and this is my next question, i.e. can we say that we are seeing signs of fatigue, that maybe everyone likes him, maybe he is a wonderful person for the magyars, for the hungarians, but simply when it has been on majority tv for 14 years, then somehow he is just gets bored am i right to be honest, it looks like not just fatigue, an internal protest, because you know, hungarians have been tired for a long time, but their viktor orbán, again, i will not be afraid of this word, a talented politician, he entertained them with the soros plan, migrants, various horror stories, there are lgbt people, that these lgbt activists will take your children there, and we will save them, well, that is a big nonse

viktor orban wants to do everything to make ukraine less noticeable.focuses on the western balkans. that is, he is now, and he is here tied to the elections to the european parliament, to pressure from paris and berlin, various pressures, to such pressure, but the invitation from mrs. maloney to this group of conservatives and reform. viktor orbán needs to find himself in this structure of the european parliament, he needs to find himself in the new european commission, it is unlikely that he will receive such an important the european commissioner, as viktor orban previously defeated merkel and macron. that is, you know, here is now a good chance for ukraine, well, to convince viktor orban not only not to block our rapprochement with the eu and nato, but, you know, somewhere to normalize these relations, and somewhere to work, well... pragmatize, for example , no matter how strange it may sound, to bring ukrainian-hungarian relations to the level that we now have in ukrainian-slovak relations is fizo, yes, when he basically says such very offensive th

well, before today, viktor orban remains almost the only leader of a european state who did not visit ukraine during the full-scale war. moreover, orbán remains the only european leader who maintains relations with vladimir putin and meets with him despite russian aggression. in principle, there was no hungarian prime minister in ukraine for a very long time. the last time he visited kyiv was during the presidency of viktor yanukovych. so why did orban come to kyiv? why did he talk to zelensky about the ceasefire? what could remain of their plots negotiations? well, in the end, orban came to kyiv as who? as the hungarian prime minister or as a representative of the european union? after all, from yesterday on july 1, hungary began to preside over the eu, as the guardian writes, for example, between the interests of budapest and the interest. the european union itself is a conflict. well, returning to orbán's statement today about the proposal to cease fire and that this will be the basis for further negotiations. again, i draw your attention to what we just showed you: volodymyr zelen

on the second of july, literally the second day after hungary began to preside over the eu, viktor orbanme to kyiv, where he offered zelensky to cease fire and sit down at the negotiating table with putin. at that time, zelensky did not directly respond to orban's proposal. at least publicly, for sure, it seems, and it still remains unclear, in whose capacity orbán made such a proposal, as the prime minister of hungary, or as a european leader? as some political scientists assume, he deliberately leaves room for maneuver so that everyone wonders who orbán represents, only hungary or the eu in general. in the european union, orban's visit to moscow was criticized by the head of the eu council according to the principle of rotation, does not give the hungarian prime minister the authority to conduct a dialogue with russia on behalf of the entire eu. said the head of the european council, charles michel. olena abramovich will tell more details about the reaction of european leaders to orban's so-called peace mission, she is in touch with us from brussels. elena, good evening, congratulation

hungarian prime minister viktor orban.it was he who cautiously condemned russia's invasion of ukraine in 2022, while avoiding criticism of vladimir putin. last december, viktor orban blocked 50 billion euros of aid to ukraine and proudly spoke about it in brussels. then, however, the money was unblocked. and remember this moment during. the new president of argentina, then volodymyr zelenskyy asked orbán to name at least one reason why hungary is blocking ukraine on its way to the eu. orbán met putin in beijing, their handshake was later criticized by european leaders, and only after 2 15 years of war did orbán visit kyiv. in the last few weeks viktor orban traveled a lot kyiv, moscow, beijing, and then the nato summit in washington and a meeting with donald trump in florida. why does the hungarian prime minister have the role of a peacemaker, we will try to figure it out later, but for now we will remember what these peacekeeping trips looked like. the so-called peace mission of viktor orbán caused a lot of controversy ar

viktor orban wants to do everything to make ukraine less noticeable.t's why he focuses on the western balkans, that is, he is now, and he is tied here to the elections to the european parliament, to pressure from paris. berlin, various pressures, to such pressure, but the invitation from mrs. maloney to this group of conservatives and reformists, viktor orbán needs to find himself in this structure of the european parliament, he needs to find himself in the new european commission, it is unlikely that he will receive as important a european commissioner as before viktor orban beat merkel and macron. that is, you know, now is a good chance for ukraine to convince viktor orban. not just to not block our rapprochement with the eu and nato, but , you know, to normalize these relations somewhere, yes, to work somewhere, to be pragmatic, for example, no matter how strange it sounds, to bring ukrainian-hungarian relations to the level we have now in ukrainian-slovak relations, yes, when he basically says such very offensive things, but the ukrainian military

this and what kind of equation we have, well, indeed, as you know, the prime minister of hungary, viktor orban has already arrived in the ukrainian capital, in kyiv, where is to hold a number of meetings with high-ranking ukrainian officials, here it is worth noting that orban's visit has been prepared for quite a long time, he was talked about for many months and the ukrainian side repeatedly invited him, but we see that only from time to time. viktor orban and the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi crossed paths at some events, recently it was on the sidelines of the eu summit leaders in brussels, where they exchanged words, and even earlier they had a meeting during the inauguration of the president of argentina javier millay, and there were also various so guess what they could talk about in those few seconds, but we see that so far this meeting has not happened before, only we remember a meeting was held in the city of uzhhorod between the minister of legal affairs, dmytro kuleba, and his hungarian colleague, peter siyarto, where they discussed further steps towards the normalizatio

we remember that the same viktor orban promised a package of 50 billion euros. not go to drink coffee, in contrast to the time when they voted for the start of negotiations for ukraine on joining the eu. what is the current situation in brussels regarding this, when will the eu countries be ready to return to consideration of this issue and have they found any solution in case viktor orban will again block, block this financing for ukraine? the actual solution was already found at the end of last year, i.e. it was announced that there are various plans b and not only plan b, and an extraordinary summit will be convened for this purpose, by the way, on february 1 it... is set, that is, there will be more once the leaders gather and try to pass it decisions, and even according to the results of the previous summit, they talked about the fact that it was actually unrealistic that at that summit viktor orban would simultaneously give approval to such a large number of decisions regarding ukraine, that is, a principled decision for which there was little hope, this i

, is it viktor orban, or some other grandfather, this is me... an only be seen, that a person completely calmly acts in the role of an unfortunate grandfather, grandfather viktor from budapest, and now grandpa viktor from budapest, what about prime minister viktor orbán, i don't know who he is, tomorrow i will be prime minister viktor orbán, tomorrow, and today i am grandfather angry president judge on mila , i'm all bastards, but you refereed this match yourself, ugh, it's you, you. i forgot, but i don’t know, and the people allow him to do it, that’s what i’m talking about, i’m surprised by the hungarians who can’t clearly say, well, except for some opposition publications there, that in fact this is orbán’s direct responsibility, and this is very good for us lesson, because now, finishing already our conversation, we, unlike hungary , clearly understand which person will be responsible for the action. of the armed forces of ukraine, that our president is responsible both for targets and for broken light bulbs, this is what makes us different fr

viktor orbán, because viktor orban appointed this minister of justice, viktor orban nominated her thisthe post , there are no consequences for viktor orbán himself, and this is not the first time, by the way, kateryn novak is the second president of hungary to resign in connection with such accusations, the first was somewhere in the 12th year, as far as i remember pal schmidt who resigned due to... plagiarism i think was found somewhere in his work if i'm not mistaken, and what 's interesting is that pal schmidt and katalin novak were people who endlessly loyal to orbán, who simply nodded when he wanted something. and katalin novak's predecessor, janusz ader, who was between her and schmidt, ugh, he was 10 years old, two terms, he, you can't say that he greatly hindered orbán, but he always contradicted certain actions of the government, submitted. to the constitutional court, that is, he tried to behave like a president, it was not very successful, but everyone knew that he had his own independent position, strangely enough, this person did not resign, uh, two terms were served, and

, because viktor orbán appointed this minister of justice, viktor orbán nominated this presidentr viktor orbán himself , and this is not the first time, by the way, katerin novak is the second president of hungary to resign in connection with such accusations, the first was somewhere in the 12th year, as far as i remember, pal schmitt, who left. it cannot be said that he greatly interfered orbán, but he all the time... objected to certain actions of the government, submitted to the constitutional court, that is, he tried to behave like a president, it was not very successful, but everyone knew that he had his own independent position, surprisingly, this person has none. .. she did not resign, well, she worked for two terms, but why? and because everyone knew that she had her own responsibility, and orbán knew it, and strangely enough, he did not want to conflict, even though janoshader was also a long-time associate, but it turns out that endless loyalty in a warlordism regime does not guarantee the preservation positions, orbán could have already defended katalyanovyk, he could

it happened, well, it is not known for sure how viktor orban was convinced, maybe he himself finallyunderstood that it would be better this way. both for himself and for the citizens of hungary, and maybe he was even threatened with something, but in any case the result is there, the leaders of the european union at the summit in brussels today agreed to provide ukraine with 50 billion euros of macro-financial assistance, and at the same time, what is most interesting, agreed unanimously, immediately after the adoption of this extremely important decision for us, the president of the european council, charles michel, announced on his page. on the microblogging network x. this is the former twitter. he wrote. quote. this will ensure sustainable, long-term and predictable financing for ukraine. the european union maintains leadership and responsibility in supporting ukraine. well, it is also interesting that hungary received, after that, the prime minister of this country, viktor orban said, she received guarantees that it will not be taken away from her under any circumstances. there

hogy magyarország július elsejétől átvette az európai unióban az elnökséget, soros elnökséget, mi orbán viktoregvitattuk oroszország és az európai unió közötti kapcsolatok helyzetét is, amelyek most mélyponton vannak. given that orban cannot represent the european union in negotiations with putin, and brussels excludes any possibility of dialogue with the russian leader, such rhetoric raised eyebrows among hungarian foreign minister petr sejart, who recalled that hungary is still a sovereign country. let me add that the meeting between putin and orban was not officially announced, so this afternoon came as a real shock to many. natalya solovyova studied the violent reaction of western politicians. viktor orbán's plane had barely landed. an information storm broke out in moscow in europe. chief european diplomat josep barel was the first to react, calling the visit an exclusively bilateral affair between russia and hungary and calling for the hungarian leader not to be considered the voice of the entire european union. the european commission stated that this trip undermines the unity of the eu

that is, when we analyze now this tour, viktor orban's world tour with these pa'. precisely for putin for xi, and for trump, now the time will come for conditional consequences, i.e. note that immediately after the trip to beijing, hungary did not block in any way, and could not block, but how it turned out inconveniently that, following the results of the nato summit , a communiqué was agreed upon by all the participants, in which china was defined as a key, well , in fact, an ally of russia in... the war against ukraine, but the chinese were wildly indignant, the chinese at the official level were wildly indignant that they were included in that way in this final communique? this is exactly what i mean, that is... someone didn't just write it down, including the signature and support of hungary as a nato member state. therefore, you know, this is the dilemma in which viktor orban has found himself more than once and will find himself given his policy, when he, for example, at least trump, with his openly anti-chinese agenda and sentiments, will have to explain why... orbán does not

as soon as viktor orban’s plane landed in moscow, an information war broke out in europe.hungary and calling not to consider the hungarian leader as the voice of the entire european union. the european commission stated that this trip undermines the unity of the eu. we are talking about reducing tensions, but not about peace. we believe this undermines unity and sense of purpose, which we must demonstrate so that this war ends. secretary general stoltenberg, who is leaving his post, said that minsk-3 does not need nato to fear that orban’s trip will affect the future summit in washington. budapest is capable of blocking the alliance’s decision on ukraine. hungary informed us about this upcoming visit, i expect that when orban is at the washington summit next week, there will be an opportunity to discuss the negotiations that took place in moscow. while the cortege of russian auros raced through the capital, the kremlin, during the race, european officials wrote angry messages on all social networks available to them. ursula fondeen laid. in just 13 words. appeasement will

hungary's viktor orbán constantly praises the potential future president of the united states donald well of orbán. two weeks ago , during his visit to the nato summit in washington , orbán even visited florida and met with donald trump in maralago. how dangerous can this tandem be if donald trump wins the election in november. this tandem expression is actually interesting. calling them a tandem. we're pointing out that they're of equal strength, but that's not exactly the case, but okay, let's call them a tandem, whatever you want to call them, it's kind of like a one-sided love, or something also, i'm not very good at soap bars, but i'm sure we can come up with a name. it is interesting that hungarian diplomacy 100% supported donald trump. hungary's ambassador to washington, sabulc takacs, said that budapest has no plan b. he pledged to support trump. if trump does not win, then hungary does not count on any good relations with its united states. for smaller countries, the usual strategy is to have good relations with both parties. even for medium-sized countries size, medium-size

you mentioned these 11 demands of viktor orban.the same time, viktor orbán heads the country tomorrow, which the day after tomorrow, which becomes the chairman of the european union, and information has already appeared in the online edition of european truth that he will allegedly... visit kyiv next week, that kyiv will be the first capital, which he visits as the person presiding over the eu, despite the fact that he has not yet come here, however, he has not been here once after the great attack, he was in moscow before the great attack, remember, and why is it so, and because if viktor orbán does not have time to jump into this boat, then george maloney will not take his party into his faction. in the european parliament, and if she does not take his party and her faction in the european parliament, then hungary will not be able to get any positions in the committees of the european parliament and in the european commission, and viktor orban will get rid of his influence, you will never put pressure on bulgaria, because as i un

hungarian prime minister viktor orbán constantly praises the potential future president of the unitedrump speaks well of orbán. two weeks ago, during his visit to the nato summit in washington, orbán even visited florida and met with donald trump in maralago. how dangerous could this tandem be if donald trump wins the election in november? this expression is actually a tandem. interesting, by calling them a tandem we're indicating that they're of equal power, but that's not exactly the case, but okay, let's call them a tandem, whatever you want to call them, it's kind of like a one-sided love, or something like that, i don't really fine on the soap bars, but i'm sure we're with... this is a classic strategy for how countries feel about the current presidential race. you have good relations with both sides and delegate highly trained professional diplomats as ambassadors, such as ambassador markarov from the ukrainian side or ambassador takacs from the hungarian side. however , hungary fully supports the republicans this time, which is very unusual. if trump wins, budapest won't get mu

donald tusk, really, what compromises, these compromises were constantly pushed by viktor. orbanert fitso, something to him sang along, what compromises can be in this case, when it comes to helping ukraine in its fight against russian aggression, when it comes, in particular, to the security of the whole of europe, and donald tusk clearly said: viktor orban, choose, are you on the side of ukraine or russia? fortunately, well, i wouldn't say that viktor orban is on the side of ukraine, but still, fortunately, the decision today is the way we would like it. mother, we have this help which is extremely important to us. and, by the way, at the time of this summit in brussels, they were going on mass protests of european farmers. they are protesting against the common european agricultural policy. the protests are timed, as i said, to the summit of the heads of state and government of the european union, the epicenter was the square in front of the building of the european parliament, dozens, maybe even several hundreds of tractors and other agricultural machinery blocked access to t

be said that immediately after the first meeting, which was followed by a business breakfast, viktor orbanographs on facebook. meetings with the inscription peace is what needs to be achieved. on our part, he commented, the first comments were from viktor ushakov, they were very restrained, positive, i would say, he stated that the russian federation perceives orban on his trips to moscow as the prime minister of hungary, but no one removed his powers as chairman council of the eu. well, of course, uh, very interesting visit. because viktor orban is indeed now the chairman of the council of the european union, the chairmanship there is carried out on a rotational basis, until the end of the year hungary is the chairman of the european union, well, in addition, viktor orban, in recent weeks, months he met with ex-president trump, with whom he on a friendly footing with sijinping, well now. he met with zelensky 3 days ago and today with putin, that is, in fact , he is turning into such a major political figure who can actually lead conversation with everyone on the world political stage, wit

a month before siyartu's visit, the parties agreed to organize a meeting between viktor orban and volodymyr zelenskyi, andriy yermak said. and on the eve of the visit, peter siyarto wrote on his facebook page: i am leaving for uzhhorod, we have a long day ahead of us, we must do everything to ensure that the hungarian community of transcarpathia returned the former rights. andriy yeremak, the head of the union of ukraine, said that there is a need for a frank and constructive dialogue between the countries, that ukraine is ready for this, and just the first stage of this dialogue took place today. however , the problems between hungary and ukraine... range from viktor orbán's blocking of aid to ukraine to statements by certain hungarian politicians about claims to ukrainian territories. similar statements were made recently in romania, we will talk about this in more detail a little later, and the visit of the hungarian foreign minister is taking place against the background of these statements. they are direct concern not only the territorial integrity of ukraine, but also ukrainian stateh

vladimir putin and viktor orban caused a stir in the white house in the european union.olovyova will tell you what caused the hysteria. as soon as viktor orban’s plane landed in moscow, an information storm broke out in europe. chief european diplomat josep barel was the first to react, calling the visit exclusively a bilateral affair between russia and hungary and calling for the hungarian leader not to be considered the voice of the entire european union. the european commission stated that this trip undermines the unity of the eu. we are talking about reducing tensions, but not about peace. we believe this undermines the unity and sense of purpose that we must demonstrate that this war will end. secretary general stoltenberg, who is leaving his post, said: they do not need minsk-3 in nato, they are afraid that orban’s trip will affect the future summit in washington. budapest is capable of blocking the alliance’s decision on ukraine. hungary informed us about this upcoming visit, i expect that when orban attends the summit. in the capital, the kremlin, european offici

hungary's viktor orbán constantly praises the potential future president of the united states, donaldwell of orbán. two weeks ago , during his visit to the nato summit in washington , orbán even visited florida and met with donald trump in maralago. how dangerous can this tandem be if donald trump wins the elections in november? this expression is a tandem. interesting, by calling them a tandem we're indicating that they 're of equal power, but that's not exactly the case, but okay, let's call them a tandem, whatever you want to call them, it's kind of like a one-sided love or something, i'm not very good i understand on soap operas, but i'm sure... by the united states. for small countries, the usual strategy is to have good relations with both parties. even for medium-sized countries, medium-sized states, such as ukraine. ukrainian diplomacy in washington, led by ambassador oksana markarova, has excellent connections with the democratic camp and with several republican politicians. this is a classic strategy for how countries approach the current presidential race. you have good rel

now, the meeting was really, though, because viktor orban has just taken over because viktor orban hasover yesterday as the chair of the rotating council which leads the eu, so he has effectively —— he is effectively —— he is effectively for six months the president of the european union, and he came here in that role on effectively one of his first days on the job, i think is a signal that he could work with president zelensky and ukraine stop the body language in the news conference was not always very comfortable. president zelensky stressed the importance of european support while viktor orban talked about the possibility of perhaps a ceasefire, hastening negotiations. that is certainly not ukraine's policy which views it is important to strengthen its position on the battlefield against russia. so controversial visit? a difficult visit, but a symbol perhaps of those two sides, viktor orban in this case particularly representing the eu, trying to work at least to some extent with ukraine. meanwhile, us defence secretary lloyd austin met his ukrainian counterpart in washington tuesd

who does viktor orban represent today, or rather , who does viktor orban represent in moscow today?country, the european union, or yourself personally? it is absolutely true, viktor orbán, the prime minister of hungary, as long as he has enough health, he chose a good time and a good place, a good topic to establish himself as the prime minister, the leader of his own of the people and... and a man who can say in a full voice what others are supposedly afraid to say, that is exactly how he presents it, everyone needs peace, everyone there is something in bluesel, in the chairs, as he says, they sit and think about peace, and this peace is also impossible to achieve, you have to go to the enemies, persuade them, listen to them and try to somehow bring them closer together, here i am brave brave, risky, young, compared to putin, that's what i'm doing, that's what i'm doing, i guarantee peace for you hungarians, i'm trying to guarantee peace for you europeans, and if someone in america is afraid of a nuclear war with the russian federation , then i guarantee this peace for them as well

and italian governments, the heads of the european commission and the european council persuaded viktor orbán unblock aid to ukraine, later the prime ministers of belgium, the netherlands, poland, donald tusk, in particular, openly criticized his colleague from hungary in the morning. orbán announced after everything at the end of the day that he had come to this decision after long negotiations, and that he had received guarantees. hungarian funds are blocked by the european commission, and about 20 billion euros will not reach ukraine. in december of such confidence in the hungarian. well, as he himself said, it wasn't. mission accomplished. hungary's funds will not end up in ukraine. we have a control mechanism at the end of the first and second year. our position on the war in ukraine remains unchanged. a ceasefire and peace talks are needed. what did hungary actually get? well, publicly it seems that there is nothing, but the eurocouncil mentioned in its conclusions in the decision of this summit, about the change in the rules, which allowed the european commission to freeze the funds. f

so, what is the alternative to the peace plan'. suggested by viktor orban., in fact, the hungarian prime minister said today in kyiv that he supports all directional initiatives. to end the war, initiatives from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi, obviously also referring to the peace plan of ukraine, and these peace, peace summit or peace meetings, peace process that ukraine is trying to initiate, but again, the hungarian prime minister the minister asserting that he is for peace, that his government is for the war to end. does not call on russia to withdraw troops from ukrainian territory, he does not call on russia to stop aggression against ukraine, on the contrary, very often, and in particular , today in kyiv , calls were again heard from him for ukraine to agree to a cease-fire, this is how it sounded from his mouth. my first trip is here because... the issue of peace is of primary importance not only for ukraine, but also for europe. this war you are suffering has a profound effect on european security. we greatly appreciate the initiatives for

you mentioned these 11 demands, viktor orban.ith this, viktor orban tomorrow heads the country that the day after tomorrow becomes the head of the european union, and information has already appeared in the online edition of european truth that he will allegedly visit kyiv next week, that kyiv will be the first capital that he visits as a person in charge in e. the fact that he still hasn't come here, it's true, he wasn't here once after the big attack, he was in moscow before the big attack, do you remember? and why is that so? and because if viktor orbán does not have time to jump into this boat, then george maloney will not take his party into his faction in the european parliament, and if it does not take his party and its faction in the european parliament, then hungary will not... be able to get any positions in the committees of the european parliament and in the european commission, and viktor orban will get rid of his influence on bulgaria and you will never press it, because i i understand that everyone in bulgaria is n

on july 2 , hungarian prime minister viktor orban arrived in kyiv with an unannounced visit. e will remind that on july 1, it was hungary that began the presidency of the eu. this is orbán's first trip to ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. viktor orban at the talks with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi expectedly promoted the idea of ​​an immediate armistice with russia, but did not insist on it. at the same time, it is reported that almost at the time when the prime minister of hungary was meeting with the president of ukraine in kyiv, the hungarian minister of foreign affairs peter szijarto had a telephone conversation with the head. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. what made hungarian prime minister viktor orban dare to travel to kyiv? all the previous rhetoric of the head of the hungarian government was reduced to the fact that hungary does not agree to the improvement of lending conditions of ukraine, as well as providing it with the latest types of weapons. hungary is also known for its unique position within the european union. union,

viktor orban .show 24/7, which is one idea. tucker carlson also spoke at the conference. in 2023 c pack held a seven -- second conference. most had thought he had lost his enthusiasm for -- democracy. >> ratings -- greetings to see pack. i wish i was there in budapest. if i ever get fired, have some time and can leave i will be there with you. in the meantime, godspeed. we're thinking of you and cheering you on. >> i should know, while that message aired in 2023, just a week and a half after tucker carlson was fired from fox news it was apparently prerecorded. true to his word, once he was actually fired tucker carlson traveled to hungary later that summer to interview his friend, viktor orban. so it seems that hungary is a very popular travel destination for the right-wing crowd. they cannot get enough of the place. and the admiration appears mutual. in 2022 viktor orban not only got to join the main stage on see pack, he was the opening act. >> ladies angela, this is how we fight. a speech by the

hungarian prime minister viktor orban caused a hysterical attack among western partners.

at these moments , vladimir putin is holding negotiations with viktor orban. the prime minister of hungary is in moscow on a working visit, this time orban came to the russian capital not only as a long-time partner, but also as president of the european council. vladimir putin stated this before the start. meetings, discussing, among other things, the situation in ukraine. we will learn all the details from anastasia efimova, she will join the broadcast. anastasia, greetings, vladimir putin also noted that he is going to share with orban the nuances of his proposals for a settlement, peaceful regulation in ukraine. what is known at this moment? yes, dash, well, it is reliably known that the negotiations have been going on for the second hour, and this of course, definitely not the limit. we have something to talk about, the words of the russian president, voiced in the kremlin. not relationships in numbers, viktor orban also calculated. the current meeting of the leaders of russia and hungary, according to him, is the eleventh, and the first after a long brea

donald trump, he did it and earlier, donald trump did, participated in the election campaign of viktor orbánn 2022, he also wrote letters in support of orbán, here, so for example. some of these moments, you know, they're not exactly political moments, but it's like, it 's trump politics, yeah, so bannon, who's back on trump's team, yeah, with trump came to power in the 16th year, then banon seemed to leave, in fact, but he did not leave, he called orbán a trump before trump, and they are really similar, that is, viktor orbán is such a role model for these trumpists, who are now for all circumstances. have already taken over the republican party in the end, he is a role model in what sense, that is, relatively speaking, trump, who in a separate country did not just come to power with his opinion, his style and agenda, yes, but he is already, well, viktor orban for 14 years continuously in power and he's all like that, you know, that is, this is trump , who succeeded, this is a role model, that's why viktor orbán is very popular, by the way, among these circles, i won't say that in general am

just at our disposal the very first footage has appeared, these are putin’s negotiations with viktor orbanhank you, thank you, so the first words were spoken, two-sided. orban apparently brought a peace plan to moscow in russia, and also plans to tell putin about at putin’s request, the eu’s vision of what is happening right now in the special operation zone, will donald trump’s peace plan be discussed, bearing in mind the closeness of relations between trump and orban, well, in the public, open part, the part called the official protocol, this information was not available, but... what the collective west, america, the european union is like. the european commission has just stated that they believe that orban’s visit is aimed at reducing tensions in relations with russia, which does not correspond to and contradicts the strategy of the european union, that is , the strategy of the european union, the worse, the better, so to understand. girls, which one of you is me? stood up, oh you, you lived like family for a year, i’ll curse you, look at rtr, my work, and if it’s mine, then what did

hungarian prime minister viktor orbán constantly praises the potential future president of the unitedld trump speaks well of orbán. two weeks ago, during his visit to the nato summit in washington, orbán even visited florida and met with donald trump in maralago. as far as this tandem could be dangerous if donald trump... it's some kind of one-sided love or something, i'm not very good at soap bars, but i'm sure we can find a name. it is interesting that hungarian diplomacy 100% supported donald trump. hungary's ambassador to washington, sábolcs takacs, said that... by the united states. for smaller countries, the usual strategy is to have good relations with both sides. even for medium-sized countries, medium-sized states, such as ukraine. this is a classic strategy for how countries feel about the current presidential race. you have good relations with both sides and you delegate very trained, professional diplomats as ambassadors such as ambassador markarov from the ukrainian side or ambassador takacs from the hungarian side. however , hungary fully supports the republicans this ti

that is why viktor orban prepared his trip to taene, knowing in advance the entire bureaucratic machineth vladimir putin, but now that orban was in the kremlin, it was no longer possible to disrupt the negotiations. i understand that this time you have arrived not only as our long-time partner, but also as the presidency of the european council, i hope that you will introduce me to your position, the position of the european partners. there is a lot of time during the protocol opening speech. didn't go away. and then, when the press came out, we could say: negotiating with putin is a real challenge if you want to be on the same intellectual political level with him. these impressions of viktor orban were recorded immediately after the negotiations on the way back from moscow. vladimir putin was also asked about the hungarian prime minister not so long ago in the fall of 2023 in beijing, where russian-hungarian negotiations took place. as for prime minister orban, he is often accused of some kind of pro-russian sentiments, this is nonsense. him not a pro-russian mood, he is not a pro-rus

and this will not be possible without the voice of hungary and viktor orban., that is, the european union is officially isolating itself, in this regard we are, of course, waiting for negotiations between seyaert and lavrov in new york. we are brought to the usa in direct communication with igor naimushin. igor, hello. so trump is already a candidate. in this regard, is there any understanding about... joe biden's assassination attempt, all these ups and downs in politics, they leave him in this position, is it beneficial for him? olga, hello, well, biden has already admitted that he allowed himself that rhetoric regarding trump within his company that should not have been used, he should not have said specific words, for example, that biden needs to aim for the bull's eye, and other things, he called to unite nations after a failed assassination attempt on its main competitor. it is expected that he will be elected, and there are no alternative candidates like him now, despite the fact that, again, recent events and failed assassinations have only increased q

and donald trump often spoke favorably of hungarian prime minister viktor orbán, though at least onceing him with the head of turkey, it seems, in addition, orbán himself and the hungarian government. who is largely isolated in europe and also has obvious friction with the administration in washington, wants to show that he is not isolated, the hungarian prime minister, the hungarian foreign minister, who accompanied mr. orbán on the trip to florida, made every effort to emphasize that they , that hungary, the hungarian leader has... a lot of friends in the united states, and this is obviously an investment, because let's not forget that not only is donald trump now campaigning for the presidency, but also in there is actually an election campaign in europe, and mr. orbán, as the leader of hungary and the leader, representative of one of the parties that are called nationalist or far-right and authoritarian, he is competing. in order for his party, as well as allied parties in other european countries, to win as many seats as possible in the european parliament in the elections to the

well, now let's look at the geography of viktor orban's travels this month, and what did he achieve withhem? hungary's six-month presidency of the eu council began with orbán's trip to ukraine. on july 2 , he visited kyiv for the first time in 9 years. later it turns out that this was only the first stop on his journey, he will call the journey itself a peace mission. in addition to talking about bilateral relations at the meeting with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, orban outlined his vision of peace. at the press conference, he noted that the rules of international diplomacy are slow and complicated, and peace talks can be accelerated, they say, by ceasing fire. i asked mr. president to think about it. is it not possible to go the other way, take a break, cease fire, then resume negotiations, because a cease-fire could ensure an accelerated pace of these negotiations. i am very grateful to the president for his frank opinion on this matter. ukrainian society met such a statement without enthusiasm. statements that ukraine does not minsk-3 is needed, they hear all the time

why did you mention these 11 demands of viktor orbán, along with that, viktor orbán leads the countryh the day after tomorrow, which becomes presiding in the european union, and information has already appeared in the online edition of european truth that he will allegedly visit kyiv next week, that kyiv will be the first capital he visits as a person presiding over the eu, despite the fact that he he still hasn't come here, but he was never here during... a big attack, he was in moscow before the big attack, do you remember? and why is that so? and because if viktor orbán does not have time to jump into this boat, then george maloney will not take his party into his faction in the european parliament, and if it does not take his party into its faction in the european parliament, then hungary will not be able to get any positions in the committees of the european parliament and in the european commission, and viktor. will get rid of the influence, you will never put pressure on bulgaria, because i understand that in bulgaria, everyone is not very worried about this influence in the eu

hungarian prime minister viktor orbán constantly praises the potential future president of the unitedn even visited florida and met with donald trump in maralago. how dangerous could this tandem be if donald trump wins the election in november? this expression tandem is actually interesting, by calling them a tandem we 're indicating that they have equal power, but that's not exactly the case, but okay, let's call them a tandem, whatever you want to call them, it's kind of like a one-sided love, or something like that to have a good relationship with both sides. even for a medium-sized, medium-sized country like ukraine, ukrainian diplomacy in washington, led by ambassador oksana markarova, has excellent connections with the democratic camp and several republican politicians. this is a classic strategy for how countries approach the current presidential race. you have good relations with ob'. and you delegate highly trained professional diplomats as ambassadors such as ambassador markarov from the ukrainian side or ambassador takach from the hungarian side. however, hungary fully supp

on the other hand, viktor orbán did not oppose kai kalas. first summit of eu leaders after the european elections ended without result. it was a good conversation. i think it's going in the right direction, but there's no deal at this stage. the leaders will continue to seek consensus on the top positions at the next summit in a week. they want to have time to agree on the formal start of negotiations on ukraine's membership in the european union, because hungary will start presiding over the european council on july 1, that is , it will decide which issues to put up for discussion at the summits. eu enlargement is one of the priorities of the hungarian program, although it primarily concerns the western balkans. what about ukraine? the hungarian government emphasizes that the accession process should be based on merit, and, as the practice of recent years shows, hungarians always have a list of claims, whether regarding the policy of national minorities in ukraine or banks included in the sanctions lists. in general, in brussels, the prospe

visits was not about negotiations, not about finding peace or any way out, ending the war, which viktor orbánbout, that is , his trip is a big performance, a big show, with the corresponding goals , orbán's number one goal is that he could not further delay his trip to ukraine, he was pressured for... zelenskyi is his partner, he invited him twice, he caught him there in brussels, in argentina, that is, well, orban seems like one, by the way, you have to look, maybe he is the last leader of the country, a member of the eu, who was not in kyiv, and this is an important gesture , an important gesture not only for zelensky, that it is necessary to come to kyiv and, conditionally speaking, to testify there to the territorial integrity, independence of ukraine, sovereignty, which viktor orban ultimately did, did not want to do, he wanted to act ... how trump acts, how xi acts, yes, what avoid, ignore zelensky's invitation, that is, well, and even more so when you represent the country that presides over the eu, that is, here he has turned into a strong position, yes, the second moment, when you ha