{"id":4975,"date":"2026-04-13T19:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:19:58","slug":"kremlin-reacts-to-orbans-defeat-in-hungarian-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/kremlin-reacts-to-orbans-defeat-in-hungarian-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin reacts to Orban\u2019s defeat in Hungarian election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow hopes to establish dialogue with the next prime minister, Dmitry Peskov has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia expects to maintain <em>\u201cpragmatic\u201d<\/em> relations with Hungary after Peter Magyar\u2019s Tisza party defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s Fidesz in the general election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar\u2019s center-right opposition Tisza party secured over 53% of the vote in Sunday\u2019s vote, which gives it a qualified majority in the country\u2019s 199-seat parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Orban, who conceded defeat, had charted an independent course, ruffling more than a few feathers in Brussels. During his time in office, he consistently opposed the EU\u2019s sanctions against Russia and military aid to Ukraine, vetoing the bloc\u2019s planned \u20ac90 billion loan package for Kiev. His government had advocated pragmatic relations with Moscow, especially in terms of energy supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Fidesz also strongly opposed EU-imposed policies regarding migration and LGBTQ rights.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday, Peskov said that Russia has taken note of Magyar\u2019s recent statements expressing a readiness to continue dialogue with Moscow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"A billionaire investor George Soros meets with EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium, on April 27, 2017.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69dca308203027234b4db7c2.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638309-soros-takes-over-hungary-musk\/\">Soros has \u2018taken over\u2019 Hungary \u2013 Musk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While no contact is planned between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Magyar for the time being, the Kremlin hopes to establish dialogue with the likely future Hungarian prime minister in due course, according to Peskov.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Moscow and Budapest have a number of joint projects that <em>\u201cneed to be finalized together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are open to dialogue with <\/em>[the new Hungarian leadership]<em>, we are open to building friendly <\/em>[and]<em> mutually beneficial relations,\u201d<\/em> the Kremlin spokesperson reiterated. Whether or not this will be a success largely depends on the new Hungarian government\u2019s position, which has yet to be articulated clearly, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow hopes to establish dialogue with the next prime minister, Dmitry Peskov has said Russia expects to maintain \u201cpragmatic\u201d relations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4979,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions\/4979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}