“Anche con il nostro sostegno, non sono riusciti a ottenere nulla.” Come ha appreso Meduza, il Cremlino ha riconosciuto la sconfitta del partito di Orbán alle elezioni

>Russian authorities are considering the possibility that the party of Hungary’s current prime minister, Viktor Orbán — Fidesz — could lose the elections scheduled for April 12. This was reported to Meduza by two sources close to the political bloc of the presidential administration (AP).

>“At first, there were hopes that Orbán and his political strategists could turn the situation around and win [the elections] via party lists. Later, a victory taking into account single-member districts came to be seen as the desirable scenario. Now [in the Kremlin], they admit that even this may not happen,” one of Meduza’s sources said.

>Earlier, Financial Times and The Washington Post reported that Russia is actively trying to help Orbán’s party win the elections. In particular, according to Western media, the Russian presidential administration approved a plan to improve Fidesz’s ratings, developed by political consultants from the Social Design Agency (ASP) of Ilya Gambashidze.

>This plan reportedly included promoting an image of Orbán on social media as a “strong leader with friends all over the world,” as well as conducting “information attacks” against his main rivals — the Tisza party led by Péter Magyar. Specifically, Magyar was to be portrayed as an “EU puppet,” according to Financial Times and The Washington Post.

>The Russian embassy claims that Russia is not interfering in Hungary’s election campaign, while the Kremlin has called the FT publication “fake.”

>One of Meduza’s sources noted that “there is, of course, no direct management of Orbán’s campaign from the presidential administration, but there is ‘assistance’ with the social media campaign.”

>A Meduza source and a political consultant working with the Kremlin said that a possible defeat of Orbán’s party would be framed in pro-government Russian media as a “color revolution” carried out by the European Union.

>For Vladimir Putin, the blame for the loss would be placed on Orbán himself and his team. “Even with our support, they couldn’t achieve anything,” one of Meduza’s sources said.

>According to the latest opinion polls, Orbán’s Fidesz party — considered one of Putin’s main allies in Europe — is trailing behind Tisza, led by Péter Magyar. However, a significant portion of voters say they are still undecided about whom they will vote for on April 12.

>Support for Orbán has been publicly expressed by Donald Trump, who called the Hungarian prime minister “a true friend, a fighter, and a winner.” In April, U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance visited Hungary, which was also perceived as a sign of support from the White House.

If you vote in the 12 April elections in Hungary, please do vote!

Sometimes when polls are this tilted people think their vote won’t be needed.

But every single vote is crucial to ensure that Fidez gets crushed and Magyar can have a comfortable majority in legislature.

Wow they talk about each other like 14 year olds who just lost a Team Deathmatch at Call of Duty Online

So the last maneuver is “Magyar is winning anyway, so you might as well save yourself the trouble and stay home.”

lmao at Russia claiming that an electoral defeat is a “color revolution”.

Why even put something like this out there. The election is not over

I’m always wary about this type of news out of worry that it’ll prompt some voters to think “no need to vote if it’s already called” and the ruling party survives. If you’re in Hungary and can vote, please, go!