In Budapest, a rally was held against rapprochement with Russia

In Budapest on Friday, a rally was held against the course of rapprochement with Russia, which is conducting the offense government of Viktor Orban. It is reported by Deutsche Welle. About 5 thousand people took part in the Opera Theater.

Last year, Moscow allocated a loan to Budapest for the completion of the nuclear power plant in Paksha. Due to this, the demonstrators are sure, Hungary falls into economic dependence on Russia. In addition, the audience opposed the authoritarian trends characteristic of the current government.

The last two months in Budapest, regular protests lasted, organized by the recently created civil initiative "Mostmi!" ("Now!"). The next rally should be held on February 1, on the eve of the visit to Hungary of the German Chancellor, Angel Merkel.

On the eve of an independent journalistic project to investigate corruption (OCCRP) recognized Vladimir Putin as "the man of the year - 2014" . Prime Minister Orban was one of Putin's main rivals for this title.