Hungary’s Viktor Orbán visits Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin
Vivien Cher Benko / Hungarian PM's Press Office / MTI / AP / Scanpix / LETA Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Moscow on July 5 on what he described as a “peace mission,” just days after visiting Kyiv. Orbán met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for several hours to discuss the war in Ukraine. At a joint press conference afterward, Putin described the talks as “frank and useful,” while Orbán noted that “points of view remained far from each other in Kyiv and Moscow.” The visit drew ire from E.U. and NATO officials, who emphasized that Orbán only represents his own country. Viktor Orbán is the second E.U. leader to visit Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer visited the Russian capital in 2022.
