Russians outraged: ‘PM Orbán betrayed us!’

PM Viktor Orbán blocked Sweden’s NATO accession and 50 billion euros of EU aid for Ukraine. Furthermore, Hungary helped Russian oligarchs amid the sanctions war, even the Moscow patriarch. Orbán said several times that the West should not finance and arm Ukraine. Instead, Washington should talk with Moscow, establish a ceasefire and start peace negotiations. Russians liked that talk. But something changed this week after a key vote in Brussels.

No to EU and NATO accession

Last December, the European Union’s leaders and PM Viktor Orbán got up from the negotiation table in Brussels with a half-deal. The Hungarian prime minister left the room when there was a vote about Ukraine’s EU accession so that passed anonymously. However, he returned when talks started about a EUR 50 billion help for Ukraine and vetoed it.

Nobody really understood why, just like in the case of the blockage of Sweden’s NATO accession. In the latter case, Hungary did not even have claims, unlike Türkiye. For example, Erdogan wanted to buy American aircraft in return for his green light, while Orbán wanted nothing in specific.

Nobody understood the Hungarian prime minister

In the case of the Ukraine help, the situation was clearer. The European Union froze billions of euros of EU development and RRF funds. Orbán wanted Brussels to open those money taps. And that is what happened in December: the European Commission promised approximately 10 billion euros for Hungary. The Ukraine veto followed that decision.

Orbán talked about the corruption in Kyiv, but nobody really understood what happened.

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Everything changed this Thursday. The European Union summoned another summit only to convince the Hungarian leader. According to Válasz Online, strengthening his fame was the only gain and purpose of Orbán’s blocks, nothing else. In that regard, the Hungarian prime minister was successful: headlines in Europe contained his name more times than anybody else in those days.

Russians outraged about PM Orbán

However, on Thursday, he said ‘Yes’ to all Ukraine claims and received nothing visible in return. The European leaders did not accept his proposal about the annual supervision of the money, which would have granted a veto for Hungary every year. Furthermore, Orbán could not unlock more frozen funds thanks to his ‘game’.

Many influencers and even politicians in Russia thought Orbán was an ally of them in the ‘new cold war’ between the West and Russia. For them, the Thursday decisions could equal a slap on their face. Of course, they should have watched the last personal meeting of the two leaders. Putin and Orbán sat at the two ends of a very long table. Orbán obtained the same place as any other NATO member heads, like President Macron, days later.

Now, the Russian comment writers are angry with the Hungarian prime minister. They said Orbán betrayed them. Another said the PM considered only Hungary’s economic interests, while according to another person, he committed treason just like President Erdogan.

“They broke Orbán since he is weak”, another one replied. “It was stupid to think Hungarians can resist”, another reader wrote.

Others said Orbán lacked an alternative because the EU would have destroyed the Hungarian economy. Some comment writers said PM Fico would be the next victim of Brussels’ campaign, index.hu wrote.

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