How did Viktor Orban turn from an avid anti-Russian politician to the biggest friend of Putin in the European Union?
Why did Hungarian government create its own “oligarchs” and are Hungarian media independent? Why the EU can’t do much about it? How are Hungary and Ukraine alike and different? And why are there so many Russian spies in Hungary?
Today we speak about this and more with Szabolcs Panyi, lead Central Europe investigator at VSquare and Hungarian investigative journalist at Direkt36. Covers national security, foreign policy, Russian and Chinese influence. European Press Prize finalist in 2018 and 2021. In 2019, the Hungarian government secretly surveilled him with Pegasus, a military-grade Israeli spyware.
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00:00 What happened to Hungary and how did it became an autocracy
7:41 How similar is it to Russian regime?
9:38 Why doesn't EU do something?
15:16 EU Funds corruption?
17:38 50 shades of Eastern European corruption
23:20 Russia?
33:38 Does Putin have something on Orban?
40:00 How is Hungarian civic society doing?