Marius Dragomir Discusses Russian Propaganda in Hungary

“Hungary is the only country where from the very first hours of the war the pro-government media was totally spreading pro-Russian, pro-Kremlin propaganda and trying to antagonize people against Ukraine,” our Director Marius Dragomir told European news site Euractiv.

The article discusses the potential impact of Russia’s invasion on the upcoming Hungarian elections. It explains that although Hungary has backed EU sanctions, government politicians and pro-government pundits continue to “express sympathetic statements towards Russia.”

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán “is trying to play in both camps, he’s trying to play with the EU, where a lot of the money is still coming from and secondly, he doesn’t want to antagonize Putin”, Marius Dragomir is cited in the article as saying.

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