Under Orbán, Hungary has already become just another Russian oblast. Recent revelations and investigations clearly show this, so let’s look at their main findings:
- Hungarian FM Szijjártó has been leaking information from EU Council meetings directly to Russian FM Lavrov
- The s wiretapped its citizens and used Pegasus spyware against journalists
- Fidesz thugs are running a massive interference campaign in the Hungarian countryside, intimidating people to vote for them or lose their jobs, electricity, or food aid
- These same thugs have given drug addicts drugs for their votes and provided pálinka for alcoholics so they would vote for Orbán’s candidates
- Some families have even been told their kids would be taken away if they do not vote “correctly”
- For diaspora voters (where Fidesz gets 95% of the vote), Orbán is sending “thank you” messages and propaganda together with the ballots
- At the same time, Orbán’s masters in the Kremlin are helping him in every way they can. AI-generated fakes, fake news, disinformation, and mass commentary in crude Hungarian language. The system is run by Sergey Kiriyenko, who organizes “elections” and runs the massive disinformation machinery in Russia
- Orbán also uses his thugs, titushky, to intimidate people at voting booths and rallies. This was evident at yesterday’s rally in Győr
- Fidesz has filled the country with AI-generated posters of Zelenskyy. Someone counted 94 of them on the road from Budapest Airport to the city center
- For years, Fidesz has gerrymandered the electoral map to benefit the party in power.
And still, Orbán is losing. It seems that people are finally fed up with his shit.
In case Orbán still manages to cheat his way to victory, the EU should not send another cent to Hungary, and its voting rights should be revoked immediately.