00:00Debunking Russian allegations that the EU is plotting Hungarian regime change
00:10Russia's intelligence service, the SVR, has alleged that the European Commission
00:15is studying scenarios for regime change in Hungary.
00:19In a statement on 13 August, the SVR says
00:22Significant material administrative media and lobbying resources have been mobilized in support of Peter Magyar,
00:30a former insider in the government of Viktor Orban, whose centre-right party is currently topping the polls.
00:37The statement also alleges that the Ukrainian government has actively joined the campaign
00:43to dismantle the Hungarian government on orders from Brussels.
00:48The allegations have been amplified by known disinformation actors online.
00:54Independent Hungarian journalists say Russia's spy service is openly campaigning against Peter Magyar,
01:01who is Orban's fiercest political rival, in order to discredit him ahead of parliamentary elections expected next April.
01:09Orban, considered a Kremlin-friendly voice within the European Union,
01:13has consistently stalled EU support to Ukraine by wielding Hungary's veto power on foreign policy decisions.
01:21The polls suggest Orban could be unseated as Hungary's prime minister next year after 15 years in power.
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