Viktor Orban arrived at the White House with a very delicate plan. He tried to persuade Donald Trump to help the Hungarian government’s efforts against independent Hungarian civil society organizations. In return, he suggested that he would not obstruct ongoing negotiations over a lucrative U.S.-Norwegian arms deal.
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I really like Norway! This is how Trump refused Viktor Orban’s deal aimed against NGOs
Trump and Orban to cut billion-dollar arms deals at the possible expense of Hungarian NGOs
U.S. Ambassador David Cornstein boasted about billion-dollar arms deals with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. However, Hungary wants to use an air defense system deal as leverage to gain government control over funding of independent NGOs.
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Hungary to buy more U.S. weapons as PM Orban gets a White House invitation
Orban is not coming empty-handed to the Oval Office: Hungary’s government is negotiating high-value arms deals with the United States.
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Russian-led bank rapidly gearing up in Budapest amid EU and U.S. worries
Nothing can stop the relocation of International Investment Bank, a former Soviet bank that was revived by Russian president Vladimir Putin a few years ago, to Budapest. Meanwhile, Hungary appoints a new director who has been accused of working for the Communist secret service.
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How we exposed a secret conflict involving Russia, the United States, and Hungary
How we did our investigation into a story about two Russian arms dealers who were arrested in Hungary as the result of a US-led sting operation, and about how the Hungarian government extradited the two Russians to Moscow, infuriating the Americans.
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Magyarországnak ígért milliárdos fejlesztést is érint Trump mexikói határfala
Kell a pénz Trump határfalára, elúszhat a kecskeméti reptér fejlesztése.
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Russian arms dealer busted by U.S. agents in Hungary now out of jail after extradition
Vladimir Lyubishin Jr. has been released from prison in February. The U.S. fears that the Russian arms dealers will avoid justice after being extradited to Russia.
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Orbán enged az USA-nak, de ő is kiharcolt valamit a katonai megállapodás tervezete szerint
Szabadon mozoghatnak majd a Magyarországon tartózkodó amerikai katonák, és ha törvénysértést követnek el, akkor a legtöbb esetben az amerikai jog vonatkozik majd rájuk. Ez derül ki a magyar-amerikai védelmi megállapodás szövegtervezetéből, amelyet a Direkt36 szerzett meg.
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Hungary Buying U.S. Missile System to Mend Ties with Trump Administration
Hungary and the U.S. are preparing to conclude several significant military-economic deals, according to Direkt36’s sources. However, the acquisition of a U.S. missile system could complicate Russian-Hungarian relations.
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Diplomatic Cable Reveals U.S. Frustrated with Orban’s Hungary
This official document offers an in-depth glimpse into U.S.-Hungarian relations. State Department has stopped calling out Orban for Hungary’s democratic decline but gets little in return. Orban’s statement on Hungary’s neutrality is also mentioned.
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Russian diplomats caught spying in Hungary get expelled quietly as usual
Russian intelligence organizes some of their Balkans operations from Hungary, but despite close Russian-Hungarian relations they can not always avoid retaliation. In 2016, the Military National Security Service exposed a GRU officer. Although Hungary’s government never informed the public, approximately ten Russian spies have been busted since 2010.
Continue readingLord of War in Budapest: The DEA busted two Russian arms dealers and Hungary extradited them to Moscow
The extradition controversy further increased the tension between the United States and the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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Russia and Hungary seemed to clash over the Skripal poisoning. In the background, it was a different story
The expulsions of diplomats after the Skripal poisoning were carefully arranged in a way not to endanger the special relationship between Moscow and Budapest. Documents and interviews show that both countries made efforts not to cause real damage to one another.
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