The Post, citing several current and former European security officials, found that the Hungarian government under Viktor Orbán has long offered Moscow access to sensitive discussions within the European Union.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó regularly calls during breaks in EU council meetings to provide his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, with “direct reports on what was discussed” and possible solutions, according to the Post report.
“The news that Orbán’s people inform Moscow about EU Council meetings in every detail shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on X. “We’ve had our suspicions about that for a long time. That’s one reason why I take the floor only when strictly necessary and say just as much as necessary.”
Szijjártó on X called Tusk’s comments “fake news.”