“Orban assures that Putin and [Chinese President Xi Jinping] assume that new peace talks will be held between Russia and Ukraine before the end of the year,” El Pais reported, quoting the ...

An expert in authoritarianism who has lived in both Russia and Hungary explains whose blueprint Trump might follow in his ...

"Peace Mission 3.0.," Orbán, a critic of Western military aid to Ukraine and the EU leader with the warmest relations with Xi and Putin, said on his official X account as he touched down in Beijing.

Orbán later met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to state broadcaster ... at the start of July and Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Orbán had come to Moscow as a top ...

But Putin has his friends and congratulators: Xi of China; Kim of North Korea ... The headline from Reuters reads, “Hungary’s Orban congratulates Russia’s Putin on re-election.” ...

Hosting Xi in May, Orban praised China as the nation ... but that’s just not the case. Not only does Putin not respect Orban, he clearly thinks he’s little more than a useful idiot.

Ultimately, Orban is a political prostitute for Xi Jinping and a useful idiot for Vladimir Putin. His advice is antithetical to U.S. interests and Ukraine’s survival as a democratic state.

Putin is scheduled to hold talks with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the event. Orban is expected to be the only Western leader to attend the forum. In recent years, Hungary has been actively ...

Mr Xi made his entrance together with Mr Putin, with the two striding into ... Other attendees include Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and representatives from Afghanistan's Taliban government.