Putin sends election fixers to Budapest to keep Orban's Kremlin veto alive

(Subtitle) A GRU-linked cell embedded in the Russian Embassy is running Moscow’s Moldova playbook on Hungarian soil—and the stakes for Ukraine could not be higher

The Kremlin has sent a team of political technologists—operatives who engineer public opinion through media manipulation, disinformation, and influence campaigns—to Budapest.

Their goal, according to VSquare—a Central European investigative outlet, is to interfere in Hungary's 12 April 2026 parliamentary elections. VSquare cited multiple European national security sources.

The Russian political influence operation is run by Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin's First Deputy Chief of Staff and former head of the nuclear corporation Rosatom—the same man who oversaw Russia's interference campaign in Moldova, where similar tactics were used to try to unseat a pro-European president.

They briefed VSquare—a Central European investigative outlet covering democratic backsliding and foreign interference. Sergei Kiriyenko oversees the operation. Putin's First Deputy Chief of Staff and former head of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Kiriyenko built Russia's electoral interference infrastructure at home and abroad.

Read More: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/06/russia-election-interference-hungary-orban-2026/

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Note the subtitle. Yes, Putin is sending the GRU, Russian military intelligence, to illegally help his lackey Orban with further rule. Why do you need military intelligence personnel to run a fair election? Remember 1956 Hungary. Do not let Russia win this one.