00:00Debunking Russian allegations that the EU is plotting Hungarian regime change.
00:09Russia's intelligence service, the SVR, has alleged that the European Commission is studying scenarios for regime change in Hungary.
00:18In a statement on the 13th of August, the SVR says,
00:21The statement also alleges that the Ukrainian government has actively joined the campaign to dismantle the Hungarian government on orders from Brussels.
00:47The allegations have been amplified by known disinformation actors online.
00:54Independent Hungarian journalists say Russia's spy service is openly campaigning against Peter Magyar,
01:02who is Orbán's fiercest political rival, in order to discredit him ahead of parliamentary elections expected next April.
01:09Orbán, 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 Orbán could be unseated as Hungary's prime minister next year after 15 years in power.
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