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[–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

Journalists covering campaign events face obstruction ahead of election, including criminal espionage charges against prominent journalist Szabolcs Panyi.

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    [–] 28 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Remember, there is a triangular relationship with Republicans, Orban, and Putin going back many years.

    Hungary has been used as a proving ground for democratic erosion as implemented by Russia and now being implemented in the USA.

    Watch closely because what we see there will be tried here in November midterms and in 2028.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Then I am very hopeful, because what's happening here from Orban's ruling party has been very contra-productive lately. The polling also shows a decisive lead in favor of the opposition party, Tisza. (58% vs 35%)

    Here is a translated satirical summary from r/hungary of how absurd things are in the official communication (and there are still two weeks!):

    After summarizing the information provided by Gergely Gulyás over the past few weeks, the situation has now become completely clear to me.

    The fact is that the Ukrainians support Tisza, so Ukrainians have infiltrated Tisza to leak information about it, thereby weakening Tisza. But other Ukrainians are infiltrating these Ukrainian infiltration groups to prevent the leaks. However, yet other Ukrainians are monitoring them to expose the Ukrainians who are preventing the leaks. Meanwhile, the Hungarian secret service exposes the Ukrainians, but the Ukrainians leak this information through an investigative journalist working for them three years before the Tisza was founded, which Ukrainians again refute, and then Ukrainians also confirm it even in the past.

    Meanwhile, the Ukrainians want Tisza to win, but the Ukrainians also want Tisza to lose, so the Ukrainians are campaigning for Tisza, while Zelenskyy is campaigning against Tisza, which other Ukrainians are coordinating so that the Ukrainians don’t know what the Ukrainians are doing.

    Meanwhile, the Ukrainians secretly want to attack Orbán to boost Fidesz’s support, and everyone knows about this because the Ukrainians leaked it so that the Ukrainians wouldn’t remain in the dark. Meanwhile, within the Tisza, the Ukrainians want to destroy the Tisza, which the Ukrainians are trying to defend from the Ukrainians, while within the Tisza, the Ukrainians are investigating who the Ukrainians are. So, here’s where we stand: the Ukrainians are supporting the Tisza, the Ukrainians are sabotaging the Tisza, the Ukrainians are monitoring the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians are exposing the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians are misleading the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians are controlling the Ukrainians, and the Ukrainians are trying to figure out who the Ukrainians are.

    In short: the Ukrainians are fighting against the Ukrainians as part of a complex, multi-pronged intelligence operation to determine what the Ukrainians ultimately want.

    It’s perfectly clear.

    The only question now is when the Russians who support Fidesz, who are, of course, also Ukrainians, will appear in this story.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Seems unlikely, looks like a decent fella /0

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    When I try to bribe a government official I'm sentenced and will probably end up in jail. But bribing 10% of the voters will probably have zero consequences for Orban.

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    [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Here is the mentioned documentary: https://youtu.be/ZCwQR5HRWR8

    (english subtitles available)

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Holy shit. Those villages look like they're right out of a movie during the second world war or in the middle ages with phones. How can any election in that country be trusted? Can the European Parliament not do anything like cut all money to Hungary?

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