Magyar demands Russia refrain from interference

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has sought assurances from Russia that it will refrain from interference in his country’s politics, saying there would be no scope for meaningful cooperation without respecting its sovereignty.

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Earlier this week, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published a statement describing Mr Magyar as being loyal to “globalist elites” and alleging that the European Commission was considering “regime change in Budapest’.

Mr Magyar, whose Tisza Party is ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz in most polls ahead of parliamentary elections due next spring, published an open letter to Russia's ambassador in Hungary, asking what was the intended effect of the statement released by SVR.