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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

With Viktor Orban's defeat in the legislative elections, Moscow is losing a key ally in Europe. The Kremlin now hopes to ...

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

Peter Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party won a landslide victory in Hungary’s April 2026 parliamentary election, ending 16 years of rule by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, according to official results ...