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Fact-check: How Kremlin disinformation targets Hungary's election

As Hungary heads into a high-stakes election, Moscow has deployed its propaganda and disinformation machine to bolster its preferred candidate. Viktor Orban, Hungary's Kremlin-friendly strongman, faces a real chance of defeat on April 12 that could end his 16-year grip on power. For weeks, Russian propagandists and bot networks have pushed falsehoods about alleged attempts by Brussels and Kyiv to sway the vote, or even steal it in a "Maidan-style coup." The methods deployed by Kremlin disinfo

A Hungarian election poster depicting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Budapest, Hungary, on March 19, 2026.

Ukraine war latest: Hungary claims new ‘evidence’ in seized Ukrainian bank convoy case, Oschadbank calls it fabricated

Key developments on April 8: * Hungary claims new ‘evidence’ in seized Ukrainian bank convoy case, Oschadbank calls it fabricated * Russia hits Kharkiv Oblast oil refinery, causing 'significant' damage * Ukraine welcomes US–Iran ceasefire, says time to push Russia too * Attacks, threats against journalists in Ukraine surge in 2025 Hungary claimed on April 8 that it had new "evidence" that the Ukrainian bank convoy it seized earlier in March was part of a money laundering operation. Hungar

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