Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia respects the choice of voters after Viktor Orban conceded to Péter Magyar.

Magyar’s pitch to Hungarian voters was to turn away from some of Orban’s policies, including Russian energy imports.

Hungary's politics have shifted definitively away from Russia and toward Europe, but quitting a cheap Russian energy habit ...

Orbán out, Moscow out. It was an emancipatory moment.  All that may be true, but only up to a point. Orbán was the face of ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s defeat will make it harder for the Kremlin to divide Europe, but Moscow retains leverage through energy sales.

Orbán has positioned Hungary as a spoiler on EU Ukraine policy, using its veto power to slow collective action. The upcoming ...

New Hungarian prime minister promises stronger alignment with European Union, but not when it comes to phasing out Russian ...

In recent decades, the United States and Russia have rarely backed the same candidate in a foreign election. Hungary’s Viktor ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made hostility to Ukraine a centerpiece of his campaign. Moscow seems determined to repay the favor.

Hungary’s top opposition leader says the government may have fed Russia inside details from EU meetings, and called it “treason” which should be investigated.

Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar speaks to the media in Budapest, 17 April, 2026 ...

Hungary's election authorities say the upstart opposition Tisza party is certain to win more than two thirds of parliamentary ...