Russian government official: Orbán wants Ukraine’s Transcarpathia, parts of Romania, Croatia
According to Mihail Gazin, a Russian economist, PM Viktor Orbán would like to expand the territory of Hungary. Among others, he would like to acquire Ukraine’s Transcarpathia, Transylvania, which is more than a third of Romania’s territory, and a slice of Croatia.
Hungary and its “territorial claims”
Gazin is a Russian analyst, publicist and economist. Before, he was an official of the Russian presidential administration, index.hu wrote. Gazin said in the Cargrad show that, among others, Orbán aimed to expand the territory of Hungary.
He added that provided the war in Ukraine continues, Russia will conquer the country’s Eastern regions. And that is when Orbán will announce his territorial claims against Ukraine. Based on the Serbian Pravda, the territory Budapest would claim is Transcarpathia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary for more than a millennium, until the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Furthermore, Hungary wants to get Transylvania and a corridor to the sea via Croatia.
Gazin said Orbán was determined since he saw the West can no longer help Ukraine. Moreover, Kyiv has no internal resources to withstand the Russian forces. That is what PM Viktor Orbán talked about in his interview yesterday morning, saying the question was how long the EU can finance the war. The USA can finance Kyiv, but the EU cannot since Brussels need to ask for money from the member states to support Zelenskyy. Orbán suggested in the interview that Budapest would only modify the EU’s budget if they get euro billions of the RRF and development funds frozen by the European Commission due to rule-of-law concerns.
Former Russian president on the same track
That is not the first time a Russian politician or official suggested Hungary would have territorial claims against Ukraine. Last July, Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia, shared a map on his Telegram channel showing most of Ukraine’s territory divided between Poland, Hungary, Romania and Russia. You may read more about Medvedev’s crazy idea HERE. And why do we call that crazy? Here is one reason, but there are many more. Poland is one of the biggest supporters of Zelensky, and it would never accept a border with Russia.
But what about Transylvania (Romania) and Croatia? Both are NATO and EU members. Of course, they once belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, but the number of Hungarians in Croatia does not reach 10,000. Furthermore, Hungary is to create a seaport in Trieste, Italy. Read more about that project HERE.
Finally, PM Orbán and his governments never talked about territorial claims. Instead, Orbán went on an official visit to Bucharest last week, talking about a possible high-speed railway connection between the Romanian capital and Budapest. Read our article HERE.
Thus, Gazin’s suggestions lack any real base, but are perfect for the Kremlin’s propaganda purposes.
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