, hungary.t's been home to everyone from composer franz liszt, to inventor erno rubik, creator of games for the world's loneliest children. it may be one country over from an active war zone, but hungary is a world capital of art, music and culture. and i was fitting right in. right now, they're also embracing right wing nationalism, which is why american conservatives are so enamored with hungary. when i arrived it was a national holiday. basically, hungary's version of july 4th, except with more fingers intact. today is the revolution day. it celebrates at 1848 when they pushed back against the hapsburg and i should have bought a guidebook instead of trying to watch "tenet" on the plane. what happens in "tenet" again? there was an election underway. so even though this was a national holiday, prime minister viktor orban was using the event as a political rally. in the 12 years since he took power, viktor orban has reshaped the country's judiciary. built a fence along the southern border to kee

with russia which is much bigger than hungary, multiple the size of hungary but in what sense is heutin stooge? he was one of the first leaders in europe to denounce the russian invasion of ukraine. that wasn't in the cnn piece, and how is it an authoritarian just won a landslide in a nationwide election? why is viktor orban an 0 authoritarian and not just an unusually popular prime minister elected for the fourth time? to answer that question orban's critics have to make stuff up. they are reportedly upset that mr. orban has used his majority in parliament to rewrite election laws, redraw voting districts and permit mail-in ballots without identity verification. so orban, it turns out, you might let people vote by mail and that cannot be allowed in hungary. he's an authoritarian for doing that. unbelievable. jason stanley, a confirmedion genius who apparently teaches at yale university, offered this assessment which is equally hilarious. savor this. if you control the education system the media and courts, you can rule forever enriching your family and friends. really? what's inter

, much bigger than hungary . multiples of rus the size of hungary . but in whatun sense isga he a pn stooge or was one of the veryhe first leaders in europe to w denounce the russian invasion of ukraine? oh , that was in the cnn piece.pi and byec the way, how is it that the thoratec region just won a landslide in ast nationwie election? >> why is viktor orban an authoritarian, a professor fascist and not just anun unusually popular prime minister elected for the fourth time? so to answerusr a question, orban's critics have to make stuff up. you officialsba, for example, ae reportedly upset. this is a brisk whatever quote the mr. orban has used his majority in parliament to rewrite election laws, redraw voting districts and permit mail in ballots without identity verification . so orban so it turns out if authoritarian you might let people vote by mail and then cannot be allowed c in hungary. he's an authoritarian for doing that . unbelievable. now kasonon stanley, it confirms one genius who apparently teaches at

hungary is a member of both. underviktor nato. hungary is a member of both.a member of both. underviktor 0rban, it is becoming increasingly isolated. faced with moscow, the western allies want to present a united front. by winning hungary's collection, viktor 0rban remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. remains an unpredictable thorn in their side. long queues at manchester and london's heathrow airports continued over the weekend and around 100 easyjet flights have been cancelled today amid staff shortages. the airline said the cancellations made up a small part of its schedule and is down to staff being off sick with covid. some passengers have reported waiting hours to check—in and get through security. we'll have more on this in our business news in about 20 minutes time. sri lanka's president is due to meet the prime minister — his brother mahinda — later today to discuss the continuing unrest in the country. he is also expected to discuss the formation of a new cabinet following sunday night's resignation of his entire cabinet, except for the pri

the world is stacked against hungary and only i can protect you. like, hungary first.r is expressing these fears that we have to stay out but this attitude that he promotes is a kind of -- it leads to more xenophobia, leads to more paranoia. and that is exactly the kind of attitude that right-wing politicians like him need in voters so they can stay in power. amy: i wanted to go back to last october when fox news host tucker carlson broadcast nightly from budapest and interviewed the hungarian prime minister orban, and asked him about his anti-immigrant policies. >> of somebody across your border, you have to defend your country. if you like to cross or come, there is a legal procedure. we have to do it. you cannot cross without any kind of limitation and permission and contribution and control of the hungarian state. it is dangerous. you have to defendour people against any danger. >> and you think you have a right to do that? >> of course. it is coming from go nature, argument with us because this is our country, this is our population, our history, our language so w

there has always been the security of hungary and the hungarian people, so we will not supply weaponsine and vote for energy sanctions. urban is now a thorn in the eye of the european union because of his tough position, the europeans were unable to impose a ban on the purchase of russian energy carriers, writes the publication i yubbservarot. after that, the czech defense minister defiantly canceled her visit to budapest, and brussels, for the first time in the history of the european union, is preparing to launch a procedure for depriving hungary of funding in the amount of more than 40 billion euros, formally for undermining the standards of the rule of law, we won such a victory that even from the moon you can see, well, from brussels, in any case, for sure, dear friends, this is a victory also because will remain unforgettable until the end of our lives that now there were a lot of those with whom the left and at home had to fight, the international left abroad brussels bureaucrats, all the financial institutions of the soros empire, the international media and in the end. even t

for which the head of the european commission, ursula von derain, immediately threatened hungary witheprivation of european funding, but tomorrow's elections in france will be the main test of the western world's strength, where sociologists record a drop in emmanuel macron's ratings and an increase in popularity. marine le pen, who literally breathes the back of the head of the current president, what is happening and why do politicians win elections in european countries? ready, in spite of everything, to be friends with russia, our reporter wedge-sanatkin. serbia belgrade to the applause of their voters, the current head of state aleksandar vučić will come out and announce victory in the presidential elections. the most important thing for serbia is to continue its path in the european union and at the same time not destroy its ties with our traditional friends. at the same time, voters in neighboring hungary will be waiting for the appearance of viktor orban. after all, almost immediately he will start talking about a possible payment for russian gas in rubles. we do not have any

i let's really see what that final verdict is here in hungary money . the war in ukraine cast a shadow over the election, of course, or talk to us about what role it played in the campaign. the war a neighboring ukraine cannot be ignored. it could not be ignored, neither by the government, nobody opposition allies. it the alta actually to political context in which the selection to place and the way the government handle this issue is trying to cater both to those voters who read out more or less conditioned actually to like the fact that hungary is really much very much alive. economically with russia, but also promised to victor alba was trying to cater to those voters, especially the undecided voters, given this message of bees that hungary is going to stay out of the school. so yes, the one ukraine definitely played a role whether that actually was the decision making factor here for primaries to victor alba land the super majority vector, victor in parliament, day behind me is up to be is to be decided and analyzed. but it certainly didn't hurt him

kol in european unity viktor orbant became the prime minister of hungary for the fourth time and in serbia, aleksandar vučić won the presidential election for the second time. vladimir putin has already congratulated both politicians on their convincing victory. well, as you know, and uh, vučić and urban in the west are often reproached for close relations with moscow immediately after the victory. in the elections, viktor urban announced his readiness to pay for russian gas in rubles. for which the head of the european commission, ursula vonderlein, immediately threatened hungary with the deprivation of european funding, but the main test of western the strength of the world will be tomorrow's elections in france, where sociologists record a drop in emmanuel macron's ratings and an increase in popularity. marine le pen, who literally breathes the back of the head of the current president, what is happening and why the elections in european countries are won by politicians who are ready, no matter what, to be friends with russia, our partner creams found out. under applause to his voters,

yes , throw in hungary, already announced.the re-elected prime minister of the country viktor orban, that a thorough investigation is needed to assess the events in bucha. since the world lives during mass manipulations , vladimir zelen added fuel to the fire indirectly, pointing to the organ as the only leader of europe who dared not agree with the official presentation of events, all bouillon vision, it was not a slur, but one was the most filthy speech one of the politicians of the european union said, and show us the evidence that it really happened, that this was not a staging? show us these proof. i can’t say who the chancellery was, urbana didn’t begin to explain; instead , kiev was reminded that budapest sent 70 tons of humanitarian aid to ukraine and received more than half a million ukrainian refugees, and instead of gratitude, the kiev authorities were accused of serving putin and intending to build a totalitarian state. for this, the hungarians called the ukrainian ambassador to the carpet at the foreign ministry,

of the hungarian people hungary does not want to risk peace and security in their country, therefore transport weapons for ukraine and does not vote for sanctions against the energy sector of russia a decision that pleased more than half of the hungarian voters 53% irritated official kiev for the coalition led by viktor urban hungary initially refused to supply ukraine with weapons and banned its transit through its own territory, and now it is voting against the imposition of an embargo on russian energy resources. at the same time, official budapest has repeatedly repeated that, together with the rest of the european union, it condemns the actions of russia, moreover, the country has already accepted more than half a million ukrainian refugees, but this is not enough for the president of ukraine, he expressed dissatisfaction with the course of the hungarian prime minister. he can keep flirting with russia orban needs cheap energy resources, but this will not last long at the same time as critics of the hungarian authorities, brussels has collapsed a formal reason not to worry about

to the balkan stream, while both serbia and hungary and bulgaria have already announced that they can pay for russian gas in the russian currency, serbia is now under its long-term contract pay. $70 per 1,000 m³ the contract with gazprom is valid until may 31 and beyond the country's authorities expect to sign a new contract for 10 years. however, the european union has repeatedly hinted to belgrade on the need to join the anti-russian sanctions with a belt, serbia may doubt that serbia can join the sanctions, because the mood of public opinion. here, other than in western europe, the majority of our citizens support russia in serbia there is no such authority that could announce sanctions against russia it is very difficult for me to imagine that sir the voter is set on friendship with russia and the results parliamentary elections that took place simultaneously with the presidential elections, for example, the socialist party of serbia significantly improved its result the leader of the party, the speaker of parliament and vice-dachich openly spoke in support of russia, an unexpecte

so who is on hungary, his candidate list? the front runner, laden by a small margin, a sitting president victor or burn leader of the ruling party. that has been in power for 12 years dubbed an autocrat and a 21st century dictator by the west, or were in has long been a thorn in the use side. had to these his conservative pro family, anti algebra, t and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine organs neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting, although he joined e u sanctions. he refused to ban rush and gas emperors or send arms to key f. do others? do hesitate whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazarded whether to work weapons through or not? do you hazarded whether to trade with rush or not? there is no time to hesitate. it's time to decide already. the war of war is, has now gone further. will ukraine's deputy prime minister suggesting that budapest itself, once a chunk of ukraine and territory. hungary does not support the sanctions. they don't provide weapons. they don't allow transit

which according to him, is a more of the same that he, a sees, is a prosper future of hungary. so yes, it pretty much looks like that he sealed a bag already bought the final results are not in yet. however, looking at these are paul show results. everything indicates at this point he may even have a 2 thirds majority for a 4th consecutive term. well, funny victor or bon is known to have close ties with russia's president vladimir putin and, or been even pledged to keep hungry out of the war in ukraine. did this help him in this election and close darzy miley put because he's a very close friend of vladimir putin promise to victor alba has also very strong economic ties with rochelle. probably one of the reasons also that he really put very my toe on when the war broke out, cooling is a military action that hungary condemns, but he never personally attacked a bloody mer put in or him as the leader basically, of this aggression against, against a ukraine, whether this was the main factor by promised to victor alba has scored so well a those 5 know the final results are not in ye

is popular in hungary.r consent. here's what he said. >> what is representing, this government was some tweaks and tricks, enjoy genuine popular support. what has represented a broad come of this government enjoy popular support and is in power only because of scheming and curtailing freedoms. >> tucker: that is the george soros guy admitting that. why are they trying to tell us that hungary is a scape customer it may be because hungary's government tries to serves the needs of their own people. why is our government not doing that for me. we went to hungary and talked about the biden administration's claims that he is some kind of fascist. here's his response. >> when the president of the united states describes you as a totalitarian thug which is a very serious thing to say about someday, i would note, that suggests that why wouldn't the biden state department work to prevent you from being reelected? >> sooner or later the americans realize that it is better for the leftist, liberal government in the uni

all hungary is a neighbor, serbia is also deciding whether to give its leader another term in office. long lines formed at pulling stations and a vote expected to reelect president alexander who judge, bus service hopes of join. the european union could be dented by his refusal to impose sanctions on russia. opposition groups have mostly held back from calling for tough action. while warring parties in yemen have laid down their weapons in the 1st nation wide truce since 2016 years of war have left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. the united nation says the war has triggered the worst humanitarian disaster in the world in the yemen. e, capital santa people prepare for ramadan for the 1st time since 2014. the muslim holy month takes place under conditions of peace. the warring parties have agreed to hold all military activity in yemen and along its borders. in our online, the church is wonderful for us and the region in general, the peninsula and the gulf. it's a great thing and we hope that the truth will last not only for 2 months, but rather permanently because peo

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary.ids to die in ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its c

hungary left to take over the government. they would immediately begin shipments and they would immediately vote in favor of sanctions on oil and gas shipment. all those accused denied the claim, but it turns just how heated things ahead of the vote off and how the you credit question overshadows at all. so who is on hungary is candidate list the front runner leading by a small margin. he's sitting president victor or been leader of the ruling party that has been in power for 12 years dogged an autocrat and the 21st century dictator by the west. oregon has long been a thorn in the us side. had to these his conservative pro, family, anti l g b, t and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine organs of neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting although he joined you sanctions. she refused to ban russian guys, emperors or send arms to key f. that will do you, has it a, whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazard aid whether to weapons through or not? do you, has it a, whether to trade with rush

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary. ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption conten

his face accusations were routing democracy in hungary, throughout his 12 years. as prime minister let's hear what oregon had to say about his victory. oh god, i do them at all. we have won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon. and you can certainly see it from brussels. our correspond it funny thought shaw is in budapest. funny. 6 opposition parties from across hungary political spectrum teamed up to challenge or been yet he pulled off a resounding victory. how did he do it? if you ask his supporters, those people who voted for him because he simply used that political message of putting hungary firs than serving hungarian interests. this is something by the way that primary civic to albany has been campaigning all the while. he's been in office in 2010 for the past 3 terms and now followed by a 4th consecutive turn. so that really resonated well among those voters who really want to see hungary as a very sovereign contribute in the european union. more sovereignty, even a strong was standing there. something at that prime is to victor alba has been

with russia, this is hungary with hungary.t like the saudi tatars and so on. so try to avoid the word war, when is the war? i still believe that we have already slid to this line, even beyond it. come in. this is an economic war. this is a continuation of the same policy only by other means, but the economic war is already underway, and when an economic war is going on, here hungary has to choose not only with hungary. at least they think so. and one more important point. eh, let's get back to mark for a mile, and here, literally, he just got into a conversation. and why did he still talk not because of the events in ukraine, he , along with austin. as head of the pentagon, he discusses the pentagon budget for 2023 in senate committees and in general in the us congress, uh, they need to get a bigger budget for themselves, and these things are happening now too . and not only in america, but also in europe. uh-huh . well, by the way, uh, we will continue to talk now. well, now to the question of who puts on what and who does wh

he and hungary fitted is in believe it $121.00 mandates. but be careful. they obviously because this is just a survey. so we do not really know actually want the final result is going to be, be hope be than an hour or so. we will have at least the preliminary results in one way or the other, but counting is on the way. and really, the question is just how much actually that was in neighboring ukraine is influencing or has influenced borders as their cast belo. today, what we do know that the border person participation is going to be quite the same . it was 4 years ago near the, around that 70 percent mark there. and the opposition parties actually meekly, especially the opposition allies there. the higher that will to participation the higher the probability also that they actually have a bigger chance in this people here. way. i'm right now where the support is of feet, isn't politicians fit as a waiting for the results to come in. they are quite self confident, actually thinking that they are going to win again, but will they, this is what the night is

pÉter: before he was lying about us wanting to bring in migrants to hungary. ukraine. it's disgusting and distasteful. reporter: accusations, falsehoods, provocations. for marton gulyas, these are incentive enough to take a stand, and reveal the urgent need for independent reporting during this election campaign. marton: i would be able to do my work in a better way if government-related people would accept my invitation. this kind of a bubble, which they artificially created around the government-related voters, it hurts not just the entire society, but especially those voters. reporter: and so marton gulyas and his mobile tv studio head back on the road. they plan many more broadcasts between now and election day. peter: well clearly opposition has still got a lot of work to do if it is going to push orbÁn hard in april's vote. and for now, that was all on this edition of "“focus on europe.” do come back next time round. until then, bye-bye, and tschÜss. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption conten

what is the draw of hungary? a leader, viktor orban, who has been called "a more competent trump. steve bannon called him trump before trump," and he sort of created this conservative wonderland over there. he's been in power for 12 years, something i think trump would love to do >> seth: mm-hmm. >> he's used wedge issues to get people on board. right now, the lgbtq issues are something he's codified in the constitution, taking away rights from that community. he's starting to equate homosexuality to pedophilia. he's creating sort of a scare over there that's getting people out to the polls and what you start to see is, like, nationalism is starting to reign in hungary and i think conservatives in america look over there and they see somebody who has the power they want, is perhaps a smarter version of the man they had in charge and is able to put people in power in that country so that's much harder for them to get out of power. so it sort of looks like what i think conservatives might think america could look l

hungary will probably be more difficult, but, nevertheless, both serbia and hungary are ready to be drawntions as members of the european union, they cannot avoid collective responsibility here, but uh, where the decision will still be made by national leaders, let's take the same situation with gas trade. you yourself are talking about the fact that both serbia and hungary made such statements that they are ready to switch to the russian scheme, respectively, and purchase gas for rubles. and this is the question again. here. i talked about how deep, a and the european states will drag themselves into this chaos. as far as the european union. it will do so, because we have talked many times about the decisions that the europeans make. they are absolutely suicidal for their own economies. they cannot fail to understand this, but nevertheless, they stubbornly do it. let's take the fifth package of sanctions, that is, all e new decisions in the field of sanctions pressure on russia are already inevitable have the strongest impact on the economy. e european countries. er, yes. there, let's sa

. - hungary, is on the forefront. - when you see people like leaders in, like, hungary, talking and speakingin office, it inspires me. - i think hungary is a positive example about how being a competent conservative can really do wonderful things for our country. - that's right. conservatives here were looking for inspiration from hungary, the central european country that's been steadily sliding away from democracy under its right wing leader, viktor orban. trump has endorsed orban twice, and tucker carlson has done a week of shows and a special about hungary. - it's not my job to defend hungary, only to learn from it as an american and try and hold up the lessons for us to emulate. - cpac was even doing a special event in may from the capital budapest, and then invited conservatives from hungary to speak here in orlando. - you cannot make a country great or great again without freedom. - so why are conservatives so interested in a country that's been heading toward autocracy? one that's been penalized by the eu for its human rights record? does hungary hold the key to the future of america

so who is on hungary? his candidate list. the front runner lead in by a small margin is sitting president, victor oren, leader of the ruling party that has been in power for 12 years dubbed an autocrat and the 21st century dictator by to west orange has long been a thorn in the use side had to these his conservative pro family anti eligibility and anti migrant values. but what's even more crucial ukraine or runs neutral line was seen by some as coziness with putting. although he joined e u sanctions. he refused to ban rush and gas emperors or send arms to key f. a. do our civil, do you hazard a whether to impose sanctions or not? do you hazarded whether to work weapons through or not? do you hazarded whether to trade with rush or not? there is no time to hesitate. it's time to decide already. the war of war has now gone further. will ukraine's deputy prime minister suggesting that budapest itself, once a chunk of ukraine and territory? hungary does not support the sanctions. they don't provide weapons. they don't allow transi

so, what's next for hungary in — countries. so, what's next for hungary in terms _ countries.or. hungary in terms of its political direction? do we see more of the same? given what viktor 0rban has to say about president zelensky, what happens with that position of apparent neutrality? as this war continues?— apparent neutrality? as this war continues? ~ ., ~ ., continues? well, what mr orban would sa is that continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his — continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his government, _ continues? well, what mr orban would say is that his government, his - say is that his government, his country has been supporting, for example, ukrainian refugees, half a million people have come here. but there is another issue here, which is more troubling for hungary and the hungarian government, which is that hungary as 100,000, 150,000 hungarians living as citizens of ukraine. many of those people have already left since the beginning of the war. they are often seen as a kind of not as completely part of the ukrainian population, not completely p

it is through bulgaria as hungary that a significant part of natural gas supplies to hungary, 3.5 billioneters per year, or about 10 million cubic meters of gas per day, goes along the so-called southern route through turkey, bulgaria and serbia. in this regard, the news about the termination of gazprom's supplies to bulgaria looks alarming. we have already stated to hungary that there are no problems in paying in rubles, especially since gazprom has made the payment scheme as convenient as possible for european buyers. each of them must open two accounts in gazprombank, one in foreign currency where dollars and euros are received, the second in rubles, the proceeds from the sale of the received currency will go there. the bank takes care of this on the stock exchange. takes over the money in both accounts will belong to the buyer exactly until the payment is received by the seller only after that the gas will go through the pipe. poland and bulgaria opposed. now. here, gazprom is experiencing a gross violation of the contract and blackmail to force them to use a payment scheme not provid

in this anti-russian hysteria, this is serbia and this is hungary there.l, literally in the last few days elections have been held and in both these countries those who used to be in power won those who were in power. in sunday's elections to the hungarian parliament, the ruling fiders party won, that is, prime orban, who has been in power since 2010, he will remain at the helm for another four years in the last 12 years orban 12 times. met with president putin and actively improved relations with russia judging by the statements of the hungarian leader. this course will continue. we will remember this victory until the end of our lives, because we had to fight a huge number of opponents local and international leftist bureaucrats of brussels with all the money and institutions of the soros empire, international media and also the ukrainian president. we have never had so many opponents. at the same time, urban did not succumb to calls to freeze the fax-2 nuclear power plant project jointly with russia; it will be built by rusatom to refuse our gas. there

let's talk about hungary for a moment.m food and shelter. theirs is not the best response neighboring countries have giving to ukrainians. and it's operated almost entirely by civil society and non-governmental organizations like churches and the red cross, not by the government. that said they aren't actually beating the refugees and building fences to keep them out, which is a contrast to the nation's closed border response to the syrian refugees in 2015. the ways to describe this change, a certain brown bespeckled host on msnbc called it racism but hungary has complained about that. but the government doesn't want to let facts get in the way of a really important election. like many racist policies they've come up with a creative way of explaining how the syrian and the ukrainian refugees are so different. joining me live from budapest is raf sanchez. you spoke with a government minister about why the syrians and refugees are treated differently by the hungarians. >> reporter: yeah. we've been going to refugee processin

this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again.rban, you're voting for putin. or this one saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don't kill. orban has undeniably supported putin, vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years, and expanding the russian-hungarian partnership. >> russian policies of viktor orban, which are a very important building block of his entire political vision are now exposed. >> reporter: and with putin's popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy. but not so fast. because orban is fighting back. call it a flip flop, call it a pivot but orban is no longer putin's best buddy. even though he is not openly criticizing him personally, the hungarian leader went along with initial eu sanctions against russia, has described the invasion as russian aggression, and despite being vehemently anti-immigrant for years now, has let in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees in the past few weeks. he says we are a great country, which give

infrastructure, but residents fear moscow is planning to step up its bombardment of the city and hungary, nationalist prime minister, wins re election. victor all won, has won a 4th term with an overwhelming majority. ukraine's president had condemned or been for failing to distance himself from russia despite ah, i'm not really got to have you with us. western leaders have condemned a parent atrocities committed by russian forces as they retreated from areas near the ukrainian capital keys. images of dead civilians and the streets have sparked world wide outrage. german chancellor, olaf shalt says more sanctions will be imposed on russia for what appear to be war . crimes ukraine's prosecutor general says the bodies of more than $400.00 civilians have been retrieved from areas around the capital, including the town of boucher, which had been occupied by russian forces. some corpses were reportedly found in mass graves. a trans president voluntary zalinski has accused russia of committing genocide. moscow has denied the allegations. cleaning images of dead civilians are staged. a warning

neighbor of hungary. orbon is still trying to stop brussels and not putin so we asked him to stop putin instead of brussels. >> reporter: chuck, orbon is of course an authoritarian leader. he's been in power here for more than a decade. he has a strong grip on the state institutions here in hungary, has control over much of the media. i asked the opposition leader do you stand a real chance? he said this is not a fair fight but we can still win and take back this country. >> thanks very much. i'm now joined by state department spokesperson ned price. ned, it is good to have you on. let me start with a simple question. officially does the u.s. government believe that a free and fair election is being held this weekend in hungary? >> well, chuck, we'll be watching very closely as we always do. we expect to see a free and fair election but we'll be in a position to judge that after the election is completed. >> do we have observers on the ground, u.s. observers? >> chuck, i couldn't speak to whether we have

and according to that survey by one pool, he and hungary fit it is in the lead with 121 mandates. but be careful. they obviously because this is just a survey, so we do not really know actually want the final result is going to be, be hope be than an hour or so. we will have at least the preliminary results in one way or the other. but counting is on the way, and really the question is just how much actually that war in neighboring ukraine is influencing or has influenced borders as a caster bellow today, what we do now that the voter participation is going to be quite the same as it was 4 years ago, near the, around that 70 percent mark there and the opposition parties actually make the, especially the opposition allies the, the higher that go to participation. the higher the probability also that they actually have a bigger chance in this people here way. i'm right now where the support is a fit, as in politicians, if it is a waiting for the results to come in, they are quite self confident. actually thinking that they are going to win again, but will they, this is, was denied i

a funny this election has been called in hungary, the most important in a generation. what is at stake there? important on so many levels for one of course, because of the opposition alliance that came together for the very 1st time in alliance of part is from the left and from the right political spectrum that came together for the swan goal to alice prime minister victor alban. but it is quite special because if you look at the pools and actually the head of one poster, just came out saying that the margin is going to be narrower than they expect from previous balls. that really tells you that everybody is coming to this pulling station one of 10000 here in hungary, every vote really count. so people balls are those who support the government, but those to support the opposition parties agree actually on one fact that every vote counts and they need to turn out to support their they are at their party. so the respective choices. as a result, it's really very unpredictable. what's going to happen, even though no pull at this point, put a position apart, is your positi

and hungary, the beginning of world war 2. having realize the danger in march 1939, the soviet union proposed an anti fascist alliance to western countries. this i've been trying to rally the west, make a stand with them against fascism. they opposed munich. they oppose allowing hitler in to czechoslovakia, but nobody would do that. so wasn't just in 1939. when the soviet proposed and elias britain and france against hitler, it had been actually throughout the late last half of the 900 thirty's, that the soviets were pushing for that. had that happened, we could have stopped hitler. we could have prevented the holocaust. we could prevent the world war 2 because hitler was weak and knew he was weak. and he was bluffing. and assuming that the west was not going to stand up to him at the west was hoping and many elements in the west, hoping that he was just going to go east and so in the thirty's, the soviets are the ones who are most strongly opposed to the nazis, the a spoke with edison, both, both the models you need to do bot

before hitler invaded poland because poland and hungary work and already with the nazis and france in england basically threw czechoslovakia under the bus. and they don't really want us to remember that part you see, but they just abandon them and, and again, it hadn't been for stolen coming on the eastern front. they would abandon a lot more people in eastern europe as well. mm hm. however, on september the 19th 2019, the european parliament adopted a resolution stating that it was germany in the u. s. i saw that pain the way for world war 2. a mock. thank it. doesn't die. intestinal can, can auto us in biological mando, house poor in the guns stock, thought lobbyist most the time. i buy a cent extreme. and that's in alyssa shift with . but not everyone in the you agree is with the official line those new vanya starting that door, she to lead r e 0 vanya and i get scared, go, come when use what i gets get go. sociology is more zamiah's schema. now jesus, yes, thought. so good enough, bud wash custodian us to go to court. there's fear to zeniah e. nip of you know, be, just go did not