00:00Why is a fake Euronews website targeting Hungary's election with pro-Kremlin propaganda?
00:09Using the same branding, logo, layout and style as us, this website, which looks just like Euronews,
00:15shared an article about Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar.
00:18It claims that Magyar had insulted Donald Trump by calling him a senile grandpa.
00:23Allegedly, he also promised to undo key agreements with the US if he wins the Hungarian parliamentary elections.
00:30On March 22nd, speaking at a campaign event in Nagy Konezza, Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar sharply attacked US President
00:38Donald Trump.
00:39The issue is, both the website and the article are entirely fake.
00:43This article was shared widely on X alongside a video repeating the same claim, which gained thousands of views.
00:50We notice that the video spread across multiple social media accounts with similar comments and timings suggesting this was coordinated
00:56activity.
00:57Researchers at the NIDA project, which tracks disinformation, reported that the post was part of a disinformation campaign known as
01:04Storm 1516.
01:06Storm 1516 is a Russian propaganda group that creates and spreads disinformation to further the interests of the Russian government.
01:13It's typically active around major political events such as elections.
01:17Storm 1516 was already found to be behind false claims spread in other elections like the 2024 US presidential vote
01:25and the 2025 German elections.
01:27This time around, Hungary's highly polarized parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 12, will see Magyar challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
01:35The campaign has already been marked by allegations of interference and manipulation,
01:39while Orbán's government has recently been accused of handling sensitive information from Brussels to Moscow.
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